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Popular, well-rated games with a strong progression score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Progression affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Budgie's Bug Shop
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, unlocking new areas, and improving shop efficiency.
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+5.0
Cave Crawlers
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, talents, and meta progression across runs.
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+5.0
Click the Button
Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and skill points to advance.
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+5.0
CrossCode
Strong progression through leveling, skill trees, gear acquisition, and unlocking new abilities.
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+5.0
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring items, crafting, and upgrading characters and equipment.
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+5.0
Escape from Ever After
Strong emphasis on leveling up, collecting badges, trinkets, outfits, and completing side quests.
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+5.0
Europa Universalis IV
Strong progression through territorial expansion, technology, and power accumulation.
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+5.0
The Escapists
Strong progression through skill training, item collection, crafting, and unlocking new prisons.
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+5.0
The Message from Deep Space
Clear progression through accumulating knowledge, dictionary entries, and puzzle completion.
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+5.0
To The Core
Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, resources, and unlocking new planets.
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+5.0
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
Strong focus on leveling up, acquiring new skills, fusing characters, and collecting items.
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+5.0
Tribal Hunter
Strong progression through upgrades, experience points, and size-based power scaling.
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+5.0
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising
Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, items, and upgrades for characters
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+5.0
FINAL FANTASY VI
Strong emphasis on character leveling, acquiring items, and unlocking abilities.
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+5.0
Melvor Idle
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating experience, items, and upgrades to advance skills and character power.
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+5.0
Pathogenic
Strong progression system with unlocking upgrades, new pathogens, and build options across runs.
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+5.0
Swords & Souls: Neverseen
Strong emphasis on accumulating stats, equipment, pets, and upgrades through grinding.
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+5.0
Cafe Master Story
Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, unlocking recipes, and expanding the café.
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+5.0
Doloc Town
Strong emphasis on unlocking new crops, upgrading tools, expanding farm, and advancing story.
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+5.0
dotAGE
Strong meta-progression with unlocking new buildings, events, and mechanics across runs.
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+5.0
Far Fishing
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, prestige points, and power increases.
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+5.0
Football Coach: College Dynasty
Clear progression through recruiting better players, upgrading facilities, and climbing coaching ranks.
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+5.0
Master Healer Kale with useless party
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking skills, and improving party stats through grinding and leveling.
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+5.0
Master of Orion 2
Strong emphasis on technological, military, and territorial progression.
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