Progression

Strong emphasis on gaining experience, unlocking skills, and collecting items.

Players accumulate experience, skills, and better vehicles as they progress through campaigns.

Players accumulate upgrades, unlock weapons, and progress through increasingly difficult maps.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, skills, and upgrades throughout the game.

Unlocking cosmetics and story beats through gameplay progression is a core feature.

Players collect DNA, unlock new creatures, and upgrade units, showing clear progression and growth.

Master League and Football Life modes feature accumulation of upgrades, team building, and player development.

Progression through unlocking levels, collecting beers and bacon, and improving leaderboard ranks.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, skills, and gang influence, especially in Assassin's Creed Syndicate.

Strong progression system with weapon and plasmid upgrades, multiple endings based on player choices.

Progression through collecting crystals, unlocking abilities, and growing the plant.

Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and ranks, progressing through levels and story.

Players collect items, upgrade abilities, and unlock new areas, reflecting clear progression.

Strong progression through unlocking skills, gear, and upgrades; players accumulate power and resources over time.

Players progress by unlocking new islands, solving puzzles, and collecting exhibits and secrets.

Progression through collecting upgrades and unlocking new abilities is central to gameplay.

Progression through unlocking crafting options, story chapters, and skill improvements.

Players accumulate items, upgrades, and skills; character builds evolve over time.

Players accumulate items, relics, and upgrades each run, unlocking new guilds and strategies.

Clear progression through unlocking items, upgrades, and new scenarios motivates continued play.

Strong emphasis on leveling, equipment upgrades, unlocking new skills, and completing quests.

Players accumulate scooter parts, unlock tricks, and progress in skill, showing clear progression mechanics.

Strong progression through unlocking classes, traits, skills, and achievements across runs.

Strong emphasis on acquiring upgrades, leveling up, and collecting items to improve character power.