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Popular, well-rated games with a strong progression score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Strong emphasis on collecting badges, leveling up, acquiring new abilities, and unlocking story chapters.
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+5.0
Persona 3
Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring personas, improving stats, and unlocking social links and abilities.
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+5.0
Pokémon Pokopia
Clear progression through unlocking new biomes, abilities, crafting recipes, and building upgrades.
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+5.0
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, weapons, health, and unlocking new abilities throughout the game.
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+5.0
Saros
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking abilities, and improving stats across runs.
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+5.0
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring new equipment, unlocking skills, and completing quests.
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+5.0
Talking Tom Gold Run
Strong emphasis on collecting gold, upgrading homes, unlocking characters, and progressing through new worlds.
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+5.0
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
Strong emphasis on unlocking characters, moves, and upgrading wrestler attributes through gameplay.
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+5.0
Bloons TD 6
Strong progression system with unlocking towers, upgrades, heroes, and achievements motivating continued play.
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+5.0
Slime Rancher
Strong emphasis on collecting plorts, upgrading ranch, unlocking areas, and acquiring new slimes.
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+5.0
Black Myth: Wukong
Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, weapons, armor, and upgrades; progression is a core gameplay element.
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+5.0
Oxygen Not Included
Strong progression through technology research, colony expansion, and resource management.
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+5.0
Satisfactory
Strong progression through unlocking technologies, equipment, and factory upgrades.
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+5.0
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Strong progression through unit upgrades, research trees, achievements, and unlocking new units and abilities.
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+5.0
American Truck Simulator
Strong focus on accumulating trucks, garages, upgrades, and company growth.
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+5.0
Dead Cells
Strong progression system with unlocking weapons, abilities, and shortcuts that persist across runs.
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+5.0
Dying Light
Strong emphasis on acquiring weapons, upgrades, and leveling up character skills.
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+5.0
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Players accumulate technologies, wonders, cities, and military power to progress toward victory.
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+5.0
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, upgrading weapons, unlocking abilities, and advancing through story and…
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+5.0
Super Mario 64
Strong progression through collecting stars, unlocking new levels, and acquiring power-ups.
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+5.0
Resident Evil 4
Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading weapons, and unlocking new abilities.
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+5.0
Sid Meier's Civilization
Strong progression systems through ages, legacy paths, leader leveling, and civilization development.
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+5.0
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Character leveling, gear acquisition, and skill upgrades provide strong progression.
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+5.0
Fallout: New Vegas
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, weapons, upgrades, and experience to progress through the game.
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