Progression

Strong focus on item and skill progression through crafting, leveling, and unlocking new abilities.

Players accumulate permanent upgrades, knowledge, and unlock new rooms and puzzles over time.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, mastering classes, crafting items, and unlocking upgrades.

Strong emphasis on leveling up characters, acquiring better gear, and unlocking new abilities.

Strong emphasis on unlocking weapons, mechas, upgrades, and alert levels; meta-progression is a key motivator.

Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, skill tree unlocks, and prestige bonuses to increase power.

Strong progression through unlocking characters, biomes, cards, relics, and meta upgrades.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, buildings, and permanent bonuses through ascension.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new chapters, and growing the goose.

Strong emphasis on accumulating research, unit upgrades, and persistent progression across missions.

Strong emphasis on item crafting, character leveling, and unlocking new areas and endings.

Strong progression through unlocking new products, upgrades, and expanding to new store locations.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring new units, artifacts, and improving skills.

Strong progression through acquiring parts, upgrading cars, and advancing racing tiers.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring weapons, spells, and upgrades.

Strong focus on accumulating warriors, evolving Pokémon, conquering kingdoms, and unlocking new content.

Strong progression through acquiring parts, weapons, upgrades, and unlocking new builds and abilities.

Strong emphasis on acquiring upgrades, weapons, and collectibles to advance and unlock new areas.

Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring items, upgrading equipment, and completing quests.

Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, magic levels, weapons, and story advancement.

Career mode progression, bike upgrades, and development tests emphasize accumulation and advancement.

Clear progression through earning money, experience points, unlocking upgrades, and expanding rail networks.

Strong emphasis on unlocking characters, items, and upgrades; progression is a core motivator.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, skills, and character upgrades; New Game+ enhances progression.