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Growth
Learning or personal development
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Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong growth score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Growth affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Players develop skills and knowledge over multiple playthroughs, learning enemy patterns and optimizing loadouts.
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+4.0
Letters - a written adventure
Strong themes of personal development, emotional growth, and learning through story and player choices.
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+4.0
MagiCat
Players learn new mechanics, improve platforming skills, and develop strategies to complete challenging puzzles and…
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+4.0
Mineral Defense
Strong emphasis on learning tower interactions, strategic planning, and meta progression through research and upgrades.
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+4.0
Nex Machina
Players develop skills, learn enemy patterns, and improve scores over time.
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+4.0
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
Players develop skills, learn enemy patterns, and improve performance to achieve higher ranks and progress.
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+4.0
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Players develop characters through leveling, learning new skills, and managing class combinations.
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+4.0
Puyo Puyo™Tetris®
Players develop skills in complex puzzle mechanics, learning combos and strategies over time.
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+4.0
Raising a Happy NEET
Clear progression through skill trees and character development, with learning and personal growth as core themes.
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+4.0
Reignfall
Players learn complex mechanics, improve strategies, and develop hero abilities over time.
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+4.0
Requiem of Reuinis
Strong emphasis on learning game mechanics, optimizing builds, and improving strategic understanding.
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+4.0
Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
Players learn complex systems, improve logistics, and develop strategies over long play sessions.
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+4.0
SpellRogue
Meta-progression, leveling characters, and unlocking content provide learning and personal development opportunities.
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+4.0
Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
Players develop strategic skills, learn complex mechanics, and improve over time through experience and experimentation.
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+4.0
Super Meat Boy 3D
Players develop platforming skills, learn level layouts, and improve timing and precision.
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+4.0
Tales of Graces f Remastered
Character progression, skill acquisition, and mastering combat mechanics provide learning and growth.
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+4.0
Tearscape
Players develop skills, learn enemy patterns, and improve builds through leveling and equipment.
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+4.0
Tempest of the Heavens and Earth
Players develop skills, unlock new abilities, and improve through practice and learning boss patterns.
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+4.0
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Players develop problem-solving skills and improve timing and coordination through challenging puzzles.
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+4.0
The Scouring
Players develop RTS skills, learn new strategies, and improve micro/macro gameplay over time.
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+4.0
Ultrapool
Players develop skill in aiming, strategy, and synergy building; progression unlocks new content.
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+4.0
Undead Horde
Players develop skills, character stats, and unlock new units and items over time.
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+4.0
Witch Hunt
Players learn game mechanics, improve skills, and develop strategies over time.
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+4.0
X-COM: Apocalypse
Players develop skills, research technology, and improve units over time.
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