Progression

Strong focus on accumulating money, items, and upgrades to improve digging capabilities and equipment.

Players accumulate crew, provisions, and plunder to improve raid strength and scoring potential.

Clear progression through earning money, buying assets, unlocking venues, and improving skills.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, skills, equipment, and upgrades throughout the game.

Strong progression through unlocking characters, combos, upgrades, and enemy enhancements.

Character leveling, skill upgrades, loot collection, and summon acquisition drive progression.

Unlocking new cards and buildings across runs provides a sense of advancement and growing capabilities.

Players collect items, unlock endings, and improve character abilities throughout the game.

Leveling characters, acquiring equipment, and unlocking story content drive clear progression.

Strong emphasis on collecting resources, upgrading weapons, and unlocking new gear.

Players accumulate story knowledge, unlock endings, achievements, and character relationship statuses.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, weapons, and permanent enhancements through metaprogression.

Players accumulate gold, unlock new classes and items, and improve gear across runs.

Players collect weapons, chips, and upgrades; ranks and achievements encourage progression.

Unlocking characters, paint schemes, and achievements provides a clear sense of progression and reward.

Strong progression system with unlocking cars, upgrades, and perks motivating continued play.

Players gather resources and unlock technologies to build increasingly complex creations.

Progression through levels, collecting atomiks, unlocking bonus stages, and achievements.

Progression through leveling, gem crafting, and equipment upgrades is a core gameplay element.

Clear progression through unlocking buildings, skills, relationships, and farm upgrades.

Clear progression through unlocking staff, upgrades, and restaurant expansions.

Players accumulate resources, build upgrades, and expand their bases and armies.

Progression through acquiring dragons, leveling them, and upgrading skills and items is central to gameplay.

Strong emphasis on leveling up stats and unlocking new ducks and areas.