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+4.0
Re:Fresh
Collecting solar cells and items to upgrade abilities and rebuild town.
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+4.0
RetroSpace
Players accumulate items, upgrades, and abilities, progressing through the story and challenges.
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+4.0
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Players accumulate experience, rank, weapons, and resources, progressing through the game.
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+4.0
Shadowrun Returns
Character leveling, skill upgrades, and equipment acquisition drive player progression.
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+4.0
SULFUR
Strong progression through weapon leveling, loot acquisition, and unlocking new areas and recipes.
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+4.0
The Scouring
Features unit leveling, hero progression, resource gathering, and army upgrades providing a sense of growth and…
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+4.0
Time Is Honey
Strong focus on accumulating bees, upgrades, and honey to advance and unlock content.
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+4.0
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Players accumulate armies, upgrades, technologies, and territories, progressing through campaigns and unlocking content.
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+4.0
Tropico Reloaded
Progression through building infrastructure, increasing population, and accumulating wealth and political power.
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+4.0
Urtuk: The Desolation
Strong progression through acquiring items, mutators, and character upgrades.
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+4.0
Vacation Cafe Simulator
Clear progression system with unlocking recipes, equipment, and upgrades motivating continued play.
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+4.0
VEIN
Players accumulate items, upgrades, skills, and base improvements as part of survival progression.
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+4.0
Velocibox
Progression through levels by collecting cubes and achieving higher stages; score multipliers reward advancement.
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+4.0
Voxel Turf
Strong progression through acquiring properties, upgrades, and reputation.
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+4.0
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® – Winter Assault
Players accumulate units, upgrades, and resources to strengthen their armies and progress through missions.
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+4.0
WarriOrb: Prologue
Includes character upgrades, new weapons, spells, and achievement-based progression.
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+4.0
Wayout
Players progress through many levels and unlock achievements, with a final puzzle unlocked by perfect completion.
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+4.0
Winkeltje: The Little Shop
Clear progression through shop expansion, skill leveling, and unlocking new crafting stations
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+4.0
Witch Hunt
Players accumulate gold, perks, and upgrades to improve their hunter and abilities.
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+4.0
Wizards
Players accumulate spells and upgrades over time; unlocking new spell books and cosmetics provides a sense of…
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+4.0
Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
Unlocking weapons and improving loadouts through boss kills and gameplay is a key motivation.
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+4.0
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Collecting orbs to upgrade weapons, magic, and health drives progression throughout the game.
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+4.0
Alwa's Legacy
Players collect orbs, upgrade spells, unlock abilities, and progress through the map and story.
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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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