Progression

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, gold, skills, and character upgrades throughout the game.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, crafting, unlocking weapons, and meta progression.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, unlocking upgrades, and expanding the criminal enterprise.

Strong focus on accumulating gear, upgrades, and levels; progression is a core gameplay loop.

Strong emphasis on progressing through ages, unlocking buildings, and upgrading city infrastructure.

Core gameplay revolves around upgrading ships, crew, and technologies with extensive progression systems.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, items, spells, and upgrades.

Strong focus on accumulating wealth, upgrading trains, expanding networks, and company growth.

Strong progression through item collection, home upgrades, and permanent buffs

Clear progression through skill trees, garage upgrades, and increasingly difficult repair jobs.

Central motivation is accumulating items, upgrades, and increasing character power.

Strong progression through unlocking characters, upgrading skills, and completing campaign and roguelike modes.

Strong focus on accumulating resources, upgrades, and expanding factory capabilities.

Clear meta-progression system with unlocking classes, amulets, and passive bonuses that enhance future runs.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, resources, and prestige bonuses.

Strong focus on accumulating items, leveling skills, and unlocking upgrades.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking abilities, and improving performance.

Strong progression systems with item collection, skill upgrades, talent trees, and meta unlocks.

Strong emphasis on unlocking cars, upgrades, and territories as core gameplay loop.

Clear progression through research, product development, company growth, and acquisitions.

Strong emphasis on collecting, leveling up, and acquiring items and badges.

Strong emphasis on accumulating ships, goods, upgrades, and controlling towns to build an empire.

Strong emphasis on unlocking characters, weapons, upgrades, and new levels through gameplay and currency.

Strong progression through acquiring ships, upgrading fleets, capturing ports, and gaining power.