Progression

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and unlocking new content across games.

Clear progression through levels, size growth, and medal achievements; unlocking bonus content.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, requisition points, new skills, and equipment to enhance squad power.

Strong emphasis on character upgrades, item collection, and story advancement over long playtime.

Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, character levels, and story milestones.

Players accumulate upgrades, abilities, and collectibles to advance through the game.

Strong progression through unlocking ingredients, upgrading staff skills, and expanding restaurant facilities.

Players collect items, unlock new areas, and advance through story chapters.

Clear progression through unlocking parks, rides, and upgrades.

Clear progression through acquiring assets, businesses, education, and achieving goals.

Strong emphasis on earning money, unlocking cars, upgrades, and skill tree progression.

Strong progression through unlocking factions, upgrading armies, and accumulating resources and power.

Strong progression through acquiring cards, relics, mana colors, and upgrades across runs.

Collecting items and upgrades is central to progression and unlocking new areas.

Players accumulate upgrades, items, and achievements that enhance gameplay and unlock new content.

Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring items, crafting, and unlocking abilities; continuous growth central to gameplay.

Strong progression through unlocking upgrades, buying land, and accumulating wealth and shares.

Collecting keys, weapons, ammo, and parts of the Chronoscepter to progress.

Strong focus on accumulating cultivation levels, items, skills, and upgrades as core gameplay.

Strong emphasis on hero progression, item acquisition, and unlocking units/upgrades.

Players accumulate XP, unlock upgrades, and progress through campaigns and new content.

Clear progression through unlocking weapons, upgrades, and completing challenges.

Players accumulate items, weapons, and upgrades; character stats improve over time.

Strong focus on accumulating stats, items, and upgrades through crafting and training.