Progression

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and upgrading abilities.

Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and crafting increasingly powerful gear.

Players accumulate weapons, gear, base upgrades, and inventory items; clear sense of advancement.

Progression through unlocking new areas and puzzle mechanics, culminating in endgame content.

Clear progression through leveling, unlocking new patterns, furniture, and shop upgrades.

Players collect coins to upgrade weapons and abilities, progressing through levels and challenges.

Heavy meta progression system with unlocks, upgrades, and character development across runs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating class levels, skills, equipment, and unlocking endings.

Collecting contraband, unlocking upgrades, and liberating areas provide strong progression

Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, upgrades, and defenses to survive longer waves.

Strong progression system with reputation, unlocking ghosts, upgrades, and earning rewards.

Strong emphasis on leveling, loot acquisition, skill upgrades, and character retirement systems.

Strong emphasis on accumulating stars, upgrading towers and heroes, and unlocking new abilities and characters.

Strong emphasis on accumulating money, software, and hardware upgrades.

Progression through suit upgrades, collectibles, and story advancement.

Strong focus on gradual technological and skill progression through ages and crafting complexity.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, items, and upgrades for characters

Strong progression through unlocking new cards, buildings, spells, and automation capabilities.

Strong focus on accumulating resources, building infrastructure, and advancing production capabilities to grow the…

Strong emphasis on research, manufacturing, soldier development, and mission completion to progress.

Players accumulate upgrades for towers, ship, and core; unlock new weapons and abilities through tech trees.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring gear, unlocking skills, and completing quests to advance.

Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and puzzle progress that carry over between character deaths and loops.

Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring items, upgrading gear, and building a powerful party.