Progression

Strong focus on accumulating cultivation levels, items, skills, and upgrades as core gameplay.

Strong emphasis on acquiring new cards, upgrades, and abilities to progress through the game.

Core gameplay involves accumulating technologies, units, wonders, and city improvements, reflecting strong progression.

Strong meta progression with character unlocks, relics, talents, and upgrades driving player advancement.

Strong meta-progression with unlocking clans, cards, pyres, and difficulty levels.

Strong progression through unlocking pilots, cards, relics, and difficulty modes.

Players accumulate increasingly complex components and capabilities, progressing from gates to full CPUs.

Clear progression through vocabulary, grammar, kanji, and prefectures with mastery tracking and upgrades.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and character power through crafting and leveling.

Strong progression system with augmentations, weapons, and story advancement.

Strong progression through champion upgrades (star levels), item builds, and ranked ladder advancement.

Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring mutations, cybernetics, gear, and crafting; clear sense of character growth.

Strong emphasis on collecting characters, upgrading artifacts, and progressing through dungeon levels.

Clear progression through stats, skills, careers, and generational inheritance.

Strong progression through weapon upgrades, skill unlocks, and story advancement.

Clear progression through unlocking APIs, augmentations, servers, and scripting capabilities.

Clear progression through skill acquisition, unlocking outfits, and advancing story events.

Strong progression through unlocking heroes, items, modes, and upgrades; metaprogression is a key feature.

Extensive progression through skill points, talisman upgrades, gem levels, and map unlocks.

Character progression, skill learning, and acquiring better equipment are central gameplay elements.

Strong emphasis on accumulating gold, upgrades, equipment, and unlocking new classes and abilities.

Players accumulate new skills, upgrades, and unlocks that enhance future runs.

Clear progression through unit upgrades, class promotions, artifact acquisition, and tech trees.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring loot, crafting, and character development.