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The Doors of Trithius
Strong item collection, skill upgrades, and character power growth drive progression.
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+5.0
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie
Strong emphasis on character leveling, equipment upgrades, and unlocking abilities across a large roster.
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+4.0
The Legend of Tianding
Players collect items, amulets, and upgrades that enhance combat and traversal abilities, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Tinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure
Strong progression through crafting, upgrading gear, unlocking biomes, and defeating bosses.
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+4.0
Touhou Endless Dream
Strong meta-progression with unlockable characters, upgrades, and resource accumulation across runs.
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+5.0
Turbo Kid
Strong emphasis on acquiring upgrades, weapons, and collectibles to advance and unlock new areas.
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+5.0
UnReal World
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, crafting better tools, and improving survival capabilities.
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+4.0
Wasteland Bites
Players accumulate upgrades and unlock new areas, improving capabilities and advancing through the game.
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+4.0
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, skills, and completing quests to advance the story and character power.
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+5.0
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Strong emphasis on accumulating recruits, upgrading weapons, and expanding Mother Base, reflecting clear progression.
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+5.0
Airships: Lost Flotilla
Strong progression through unlocking ships, weapons, captains, and upgrades via research and gameplay achievements.
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+4.0
Anger Foot
Progression through unlocking shoes, completing challenges, and advancing through levels.
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+4.0
Angry Penguin
Players collect eggs, unlock achievements, and progress through levels with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Archaica: The Path of Light
Players progress through levels unlocking new puzzles, devices, and lore, accumulating achievements and hidden…
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+5.0
Ascend From Nine Mountains
Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and cultivation breakthroughs driving character power.
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+4.0
Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
Clear progression through resource collection, building upgrades, and expanding settlements.
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+5.0
Astroloot
Central motivation is accumulating upgrades, loot, and skill points to enhance ships and builds.
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+4.0
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Players collect materials, craft and upgrade equipment, and unlock new abilities.
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+4.0
Beastro
Players accumulate ingredients, upgrades, recipes, and unlock new characters and areas.
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+4.0
Beat Da Beat
Players collect coins to upgrade ships and unlock new ones, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Blaster Master Zero
Strong emphasis on collecting upgrades, weapons, and items to advance and unlock new areas.
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+5.0
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and character power through crafting and leveling.
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+4.0
Bonfire Peaks
Progression through collecting boxes and unlocking new areas and puzzles.
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+4.0
Bookshop Simulator
Clear progression through unlocking new stores, items, employees, and upgrades.
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