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Progression
Accumulating items or upgrades
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Tiny Pasture
Clear progression through unlocking animals, breeding, and upgrading facilities.
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+4.0
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Players accumulate armies, upgrades, and territory through campaigns and battles.
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+4.0
Total War: SHOGUN 2
Players accumulate upgrades, unlock units, and develop generals and armies over time.
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+4.0
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity
Players collect equipment, level up, and unlock skills to advance through the game.
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+4.0
Tropico 4
Players accumulate resources, build upgrades, and unlock new buildings and policies, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Under The Island
Players collect items, upgrades, and unlock new abilities that enable further exploration and combat effectiveness.
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+4.0
Valkyrie Saga
Players collect crystals and upgrades to increase movement abilities and access new areas.
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+4.0
Village in the Shade
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading tools, expanding farm and unlocking new content.
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+4.0
Watermelon Game
Clear progression through merging fruits into bigger ones and unlocking achievements.
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+4.0
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Strong emphasis on leveling up, upgrading weapons, unlocking skills, and collecting items.
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+4.0
Ys SEVEN
Strong emphasis on leveling up characters, acquiring skills, and crafting better equipment.
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+4.0
Zoominoes
Players accumulate animals, souvenirs, and upgrades across runs, unlocking new content and improving decks.
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+4.0
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
Strong progression through leveling, gear upgrades, pet development, and unlocking new content.
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Strong progression through unlocking new dungeons, items, train upgrades, and story advancement.
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+4.0
100% Orange Juice
Leveling up characters, unlocking items, and collecting stars and cards drive progression
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+4.0
Act of War: Direct Action
Players accumulate resources, unlock tech levels, and upgrade units during missions.
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+4.0
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
Clear progression through story, character leveling, skill upgrades, and item collection.
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+4.0
AI: The Somnium Files
Players progress through story routes, unlock endings, and gather clues and evidence, showing clear advancement.
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+4.0
Battle Bruise
Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and power-ups, progressing through waves and stages.
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+4.0
Battlezone 98 Redux
Resource gathering, base building, and unit upgrades provide clear progression and accumulation.
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+4.0
Bug & Seek
Clear progression through collecting bugs, upgrading insectarium, completing quests, and unlocking new areas.
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+4.0
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
Players accumulate items, perks, and unlock new buildings and characters as they progress.
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+4.0
Chrono Ark
Strong progression through unlocking characters, relics, equipment, and story advancement.
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+4.0
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Players accumulate resources, upgrades, and crew members, advancing through missions and storylines.
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