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CARRION
Clear progression through gaining biomass, unlocking abilities, and accessing new areas.
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Cheap Car Repair: Welcome to Nowhere
Players accumulate parts, upgrades, and expand their garage business, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Cheeky Chooks
Strong progression through unlocking chickens, upgrading farm, and completing achievements.
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+4.0
Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
Resource gathering, base building, and unit upgrades provide clear progression mechanics.
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+4.0
Corn Kidz 64
Players collect experience points and unlock new areas, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Cozy Caravan
Clear progression through earning tokens, upgrading caravan, unlocking recipes and areas.
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+4.0
Empires of the Undergrowth
Players accumulate resources, upgrades, and unlock new ant species to strengthen colony
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+4.0
Enter the Chronosphere
Strong progression through unlocking weapons, characters, and abilities; metaprogression encourages continued play.
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+4.0
Expelled!
Progression through accumulating knowledge, unlocking dialogue options, and increasing moral 'evil' meter.
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+4.0
Farm Together 2
Strong progression through unlocking items, upgrading shops, expanding farm and town facilities.
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Farming Simulator 19
Strong emphasis on accumulating equipment, upgrades, and expanding farm operations.
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Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
Strong progression through leveling, skill point allocation, and upgrading summoned creatures.
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+4.0
Into the Breach
Unlocking new mech squads, pilots, and upgrades provides a sense of advancement and growth.
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+4.0
Janosik
Collecting coins and upgrades to improve abilities and unlock new areas is a core mechanic.
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+4.0
Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
Players unlock and upgrade towers and heroes, progressing through campaign and challenges.
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+4.0
Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown
Strong focus on leveling up characters, acquiring gear, and completing quests.
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+4.0
Lumines Arise
Players unlock skins, avatars, and achievements; progression through journey and survival modes.
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+4.0
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Players collect upgrades, costumes, and abilities, advancing through a structured story.
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Megabonk
Strong progression through unlocking characters, items, and upgrades; meta progression limited but in-run progression…
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+4.0
Metal Fatigue
Progression through collecting resources, researching salvaged parts, and upgrading mech components.
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Ogu and the Secret Forest
Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading hats, completing quests, and unlocking new areas.
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+4.0
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)
Players collect weapons, ammo, keys, and upgrades; levels have progression through story and unlocking new areas.
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Outlive 25
Strong progression through research, unit upgrades, resource accumulation, and expanding control over the map.
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Plague Inc: Evolved
Players accumulate DNA points to upgrade and evolve their disease, unlocking new abilities.
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