Progression

Players accumulate experience, unlock skills, and collect items to improve their squad.

Players accumulate experience, items, and upgrades across episodes.

Players accumulate items, upgrades, and abilities to progress through the game and unlock new areas.

Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, faction reputation, and unlock new abilities.

Strong emphasis on gathering resources, crafting, and upgrading bases and weapons.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, researching technologies, and upgrading military units.

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

Strong progression through item upgrades, hero abilities, and trinket acquisition across runs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, relics, health, and abilities to become more powerful.

Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, internal cultivation, and equipment upgrades to advance character power.

Clear progression through unlocking tiles, crafting better gear, and advancing the story.

Strong focus on accumulating aircraft, upgrades, and expanding routes to grow the airline.

Strong focus on accumulating money, upgrading bases, acquiring weapons and gear, and expanding control.

Strong meta-progression system with unlocks and upgrades rewarding continued play

Strong emphasis on collecting and upgrading cards and heroes to improve power.

Clear progression through gear upgrades, reputation, and unlocking new fishing spots and challenges.

Players collect weapons, upgrades, and cores to increase power and unlock new areas.

Strong progression through technology tiers, building upgrades, and story advancement.

Players accumulate skill points, upgrades, and unlock new towers and heroes through campaign progression.

Players accumulate better weapons, armor, and skills through crafting and combat victories.

Features meta-progression with permanent upgrades, leveling, and unlocks that enhance future runs.

Clear progression through research, leveling, and unlocking new buildings and abilities.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, unlocking tech, and upgrading equipment and buildings.

Strong focus on accumulating money, upgrading bikes and bags, and improving delivery ratings.