Progression

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, weapons, artifacts, and unlocking new abilities across runs.

Strong progression through leveling, class mastery, item collection, and unlocking new abilities.

Strong roguelite progression with unlocks, upgrades, and accumulating power over multiple runs.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring gear, unlocking skills, and completing quests.

Strong focus on accumulating skills, technologies, and building upgrades

Strong progression system with leveling, skill learning, rank promotion, and unit upgrades.

Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and character levels through grinding and gacha draws.

Strong emphasis on accumulating and upgrading loot, skill points, and ships.

Strong emphasis on acquiring better gear, unlocking higher difficulty maps, and upgrading base and equipment.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, improving riders, and advancing through career ranks and team status.

Strong emphasis on leveling, reputation, gear, and ship upgrades as core motivators

Core gameplay centers on accumulating upgrades, items, and power increases.

Strong emphasis on accumulating gear, upgrades, and levels as core gameplay loop.

Strong progression through leveling heroes, acquiring gear, expanding territories, and unlocking units.

Focus on accumulating a large number of achievements and profile customization items as progression.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and leveling up the ship and crew.

Strong emphasis on acquiring weapons, upgrades, abilities, and completing achievements.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating items, upgrades, and achievements with repeated ascensions and growth.

Strong meta-progression system with permanent upgrades and unlocking new units and areas.

Strong progression through leveling, equipment, skill upgrades, and unlocking characters.

Strong progression through eras, unlocking new trains, industries, and upgrades; token economy drives advancement.

Strong progression through accumulating appearance stats, items, upgrades, and unlocking new abilities.

Strong focus on accumulating resources, unlocking technologies, and expanding colonies.

Robust meta-progression with unlockable weapons, upgrades, and items that persist across runs.