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Motorsport Manager
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, developing parts, improving facilities, and advancing through racing series.
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+5.0
Mr.Mine
Core gameplay centers on accumulating resources, upgrades, and unlocking new content.
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+5.0
NEO: The World Ends with You
Strong emphasis on collecting pins, leveling up, acquiring food and clothing upgrades, and completing side quests.
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+5.0
Oxide: Survival Island
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, upgrading gear, and base improvements.
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+5.0
Rogue Glitch Ultra
Strong emphasis on unlocking characters, items, and upgrades; progression is a core motivator.
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+5.0
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Progression is tied to rice farming quality, combat skill upgrades, and equipment crafting.
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+5.0
Skeleseller
Strong focus on accumulating resources, upgrading characters and buildings, and unlocking new content.
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+5.0
Upload Labs
Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new nodes, and advancing through research and prestige.
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+4.0
Star Birds
Players accumulate resources, unlock upgrades, and progress through levels with increasing complexity.
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+5.0
Age of Empires® III (2007)
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, leveling up home cities, and unlocking upgrades.
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+5.0
Anomaly President
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, resources, and permanent progression through runs.
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+5.0
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX
Strong emphasis on item crafting, character leveling, and unlocking new areas and endings.
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+5.0
Broken Universe - Tower Defense
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking towers, and advancing through tech trees.
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+5.0
CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades for towers, heroes, and technologies to advance.
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+5.0
Chicken Invaders Universe
Strong emphasis on accumulating keys, upgrades, ships, and unlocking missions.
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+5.0
Chinese Parents
Clear progression through stats, skills, careers, and generational inheritance.
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+5.0
Chop Chop Inc.
Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and expanding production capabilities.
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+5.0
Deep Space Cache
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating resources, upgrading skills, and progressing through a skill tree.
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+5.0
DYSMANTLE
Core gameplay loop revolves around collecting materials, crafting, upgrading gear, and unlocking new areas.
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+5.0
Empire Earth: Gold Edition
Core gameplay revolves around advancing through epochs, accumulating resources, units, and technological upgrades.
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+5.0
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading hats and weapons, and unlocking new content.
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+5.0
I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating items, skins, hats, and in-game currency to unlock higher-tier loot boxes.
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+5.0
Master Key
Strong emphasis on acquiring items, upgrades, and unlocking new areas to advance.
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+5.0
My Time at Portia
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading workshop, and completing commissions to advance.
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