Progression

Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading houses, and earning currencies to progress.

Players unlock weapons, attachments, and levels, providing a sense of advancement.

Character leveling, skill acquisition, and equipment upgrades are core to gameplay.

Hero leveling, skill upgrades, and resource accumulation provide clear progression systems.

Clear progression through acquiring resources, upgrading buildings, and advancing hearthling skills.

Strong emphasis on leveling characters, upgrading gear, unlocking abilities, and advancing through story and events.

Players gain experience, level up, collect items and upgrades, progressing through the story.

Strong progression through acquiring resources, upgrading ships, and unlocking new missions and technologies.

Players accumulate resources, improve officers, and unlock equipment and abilities.

Legacy system and item upgrades provide meaningful progression across runs.

Strong progression through unlocking wrestlers, cards, and upgrades especially in MyFaction and career modes.

Strong sense of progression through leveling, unlocking abilities, upgrading towns, and completing quests.

Strong progression through unlocking characters, weapons, talents, and upgrades.

Strong progression through item upgrades, alchemy mastery, and character development.

Players accumulate currency to buy upgrades and new parts for their aircraft.

Campaign progression involves acquiring ships, upgrades, and expanding control over sectors.

Leveling, unlocking dragons, and cosmetic rewards provide a sense of advancement.

Players accumulate souls, unlock skills, and equip relics to enhance abilities and progress through the game.

Strong progression through card collection, deck building, leveling factions, and unlocking content.

Players accumulate experience, weapons, talismans, and unlock new areas and challenges.

Strong progression through weapons, perks, upgrades, and skill trees; encourages replay for full unlocks.

Players accumulate experience, unlock skills and perks, and collect weapons and magazines, showing clear progression.

Upgrades and unlocks persist across runs, encouraging progression despite roguelike resets.

Strong emphasis on acquiring weapons, upgrades, and unlocking new abilities through repeated runs.