Progression

Clear progression through ranking systems, couple levels, outfit acquisition, and social status advancement.

Progression through finding cats and unlocking achievements; DLC adds more content.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking tech, and improving towers and base.

Strong progression through leveling, crafting higher quality items, and base upgrades.

Strong emphasis on leveling skills, acquiring items, crafting upgrades, and evolving pets.

Clear progression through wealth accumulation, cart upgrades, house ownership, and reputation.

Players unlock chapters, accumulate stars for hints, and advance through stories.

Unlock system with cyphers, challenges, and modifiers encourages accumulation of upgrades and content.

Players accumulate resources, research technologies, and upgrade their city and weapons.

Progression through research, unlocking buildings, and completing quests drives gameplay.

Strong emphasis on unlocking weapons, abilities, and upgrades through gameplay.

Strong emphasis on unlocking new technologies, upgrading factories, and expanding production capabilities.

Strong emphasis on collecting currency, upgrading weapons, unlocking secrets, and completing challenges.

Strong emphasis on researching upgrades, unlocking new weapons and buildings, and expanding the hive.

Experience points, leveling, and unlocking new weapons and abilities provide a clear progression system.

Players accumulate upgrades and unlock new content.

Clear progression through unlocking items, expanding café space, and upgrading facilities.

Strong progression through unlocking new buildings, technologies, and expanding city capabilities.

Clear progression through hospital upgrades, better equipment, and expanding gameplay complexity.

Strong meta progression system with unlocking and upgrading runes, talismans, and map nodes.

Strong meta progression with DNA upgrades, mutations, and character unlocks rewarding continued play.

Core gameplay revolves around leveling characters, upgrading equipment, and unlocking new abilities.

Strong focus on accumulating drugs, money, and territory to grow the empire.

Players unlock new songs, cosmetics, and gear through gameplay and in-game currency, showing clear progression.