Progression

Players accumulate resources, upgrades, and stars to progress toward victory.

Players accumulate resources, build fleets, upgrade characters, and expand territory.

Character progression through skill trees, loot acquisition, and survival resource management.

Players accumulate resources, build and upgrade units, and develop their bases over time.

Progression through research, technology unlocks, colony expansion, and resource accumulation.

Strong progression through upgrades, achievements, and unlocking units and challenge levels.

Features unit veterancy, upgrades, and meta progression between missions.

Strong meta-progression with upgrades, unlocking towers, and improving abilities over multiple runs.

Players accumulate units, upgrades, and unlock content through campaigns and multiplayer.

Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading cards, and improving unit stats.

Core gameplay involves accumulating cards, resources, and points; progression through building a city and scoring.

Players accumulate spells, upgrades, and equipment to build stronger characters over runs.

Progression through unlocking puzzles, collecting stars and sigils, and completing DLC.

Strong progression system with unlocking units, pilots, parts, and upgrades.

Players accumulate items, upgrades, and unlock characters/buildings through runs and town-building.

Players accumulate bio points, unlock upgrades, and progress through campaigns and scenarios.

Players accumulate ghosts, upgrade abilities, and unlock new content through mission success.

Strong progression through population growth, resource accumulation, unit upgrades, and technological research.

Players accumulate stars, unlock train upgrades, and progress through increasingly difficult levels.

Players accumulate resources, unlock tech levels, and upgrade units during missions.

Clear progression through hero leveling, ranks, unlocks, and cosmetic rewards.

Resource gathering, base building, and unit upgrades provide clear progression and accumulation.

Strong progression system with unlocking and upgrading pieces, increasing army strength and options.

Players accumulate upgrades, new units, and resources across operations and campaigns, enhancing their forces.