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Popular, well-rated games with a strong progression score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Witchy Business
Clear progression through shop and garden upgrades, recipe unlocking, and achievement completion.
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+4.0
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring better weapons, and unlocking skills to increase character power.
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+4.0
Caveblazers
Strong progression through unlocking perks, items, and cosmetics over many runs.
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+4.0
Chushpan Simulator
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, money, and status from low to higher social standing.
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+4.0
Enlisted
Strong emphasis on unlocking weapons, squads, upgrades, and accumulating resources through gameplay.
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+4.0
Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy
Strong progression through leveling, equipment upgrades, unlocking modes, and collecting titles.
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+4.0
HELLCARD: Prologue
Strong progression system with card upgrades, artifact acquisition, and unlocking new content.
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+4.0
I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading tools, and unlocking new areas.
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+4.0
Keplerth
Clear progression through gear tiers, gene unlocks, and base building.
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+4.0
Kopanito All-Stars Soccer
Unlocking teams, tournaments, and achievements provides a strong sense of progression.
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+4.0
Lightyear Frontier
Clear progression through resource gathering, mech upgrades, and base building.
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+4.0
Moonlighter
Strong emphasis on accumulating gold, upgrading gear, shop, and town to advance.
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+4.0
Need for Speed: Carbon
Strong progression through territory control, car upgrades, and unlocking new vehicles.
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+4.0
Nuclear Nightmare
XP and perk unlocks provide meaningful progression and incentives to continue playing.
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+4.0
Ratatan
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, equipment, and meta progression to improve performance in runs.
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+4.0
Road to Vostok
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading gear, and improving shelter over time.
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+4.0
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, items, research, and fleet power throughout matches.
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+4.0
State of Decay: YOSE
Collecting resources, upgrading base, and unlocking characters provide strong sense of progression.
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+4.0
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
Players collect items, weapons, and upgrades; achievements and expansions add to progression.
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+4.0
WARDOGS
Persistent economy and leveling systems reward accumulation of items, upgrades, and experience.
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+4.0
Watch_Dogs™
Players accumulate upgrades, skills, weapons, and collectibles throughout the game.
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+4.0
A Planet Full of Cats
Players accumulate upgrades, unlock new abilities, and complete achievements to advance.
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+4.0
As We Descend
Strong metaprogression with unlocking units, cards, and upgrades, though some players note limited depth currently.
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+4.0
Azure Striker GUNVOLT 3
Collecting and upgrading Image Pulses and skills provides clear progression and power growth.
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