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ROGUE FLIGHT
Permanent ship upgrades, unlocks, and multiple endings encourage accumulation and advancement.
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ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER
Players accumulate upgrades and improvements that enhance hammering and deck building.
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Rush Rally Origins
Unlocking cars, upgrades, and weather modes through playtime and achievements supports progression.
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+5.0
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Strong meta-progression with unlocking characters, abilities, and upgrades over multiple runs.
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+5.0
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, talents, and character development.
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+5.0
Shogun Showdown
Players accumulate new skills, upgrades, and unlocks that enhance future runs.
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+4.0
Sickly Days and Summer Traces
Clear progression through increasing HP, happiness, unlocking events, and multiple endings.
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+5.0
Siralim 3
Strong emphasis on leveling, breeding, collecting items, and unlocking upgrades with infinite scaling.
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+4.0
SNAKE FARM
Strong progression through accumulating upgrades, weapons, and higher scores across runs.
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+5.0
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
Strong emphasis on recruiting characters, upgrading equipment, and advancing story and base.
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+5.0
The Binding of Isaac
Core gameplay revolves around collecting items, upgrades, and unlocking new content.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Strong emphasis on leveling skills, acquiring items, and character advancement.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Strong progression through leveling, acquiring items, and completing quests.
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+5.0
(the) Gnorp Apologue
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating resources, upgrades, and talent points to progress.
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+4.0
The Last Cat in the Universe
Clear progression through resource collection and upgrades.
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+5.0
The Political Process
Strong emphasis on career progression through political offices, accumulating influence, reputation, and power.
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+4.0
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Strong emphasis on upgrading weapons, buildings, and research to improve capabilities.
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+5.0
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Strong emphasis on acquiring items, upgrades, and character development throughout the game.
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+4.0
Tumbleweed Destiny
Strong focus on accumulating currency, upgrading skills, and collecting cards to become more powerful.
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+4.0
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, upgrades, hats, and completing quests to advance.
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+4.0
Urbek City Builder: Prologue
Clear progression through unlocking buildings, upgrades, and population growth milestones.
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+4.0
Void Sols
Clear progression through weapon upgrades, stat allocation, and item acquisition; builds evolve over time.
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+4.0
Walk of Life
Clear progression through jobs, education, acquiring items, and completing quests; players accumulate upgrades and…
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+5.0
Wandering Sword
Strong emphasis on character progression via cultivation, skill acquisition, equipment crafting, and unlocking new…
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