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Tavern Keeper 🍻
Players accumulate upgrades, unlock new regions, and improve tavern ratings and facilities over time.
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+4.0
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Strong emphasis on character leveling, equipment upgrades, and quest completion driving progression.
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+4.0
The Other Side
Players unlock and upgrade vehicles, bases, and equipment, with a clear sense of advancement and accumulation.
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+4.0
Thief II: The Metal Age
Collecting loot, acquiring new gadgets, and completing objectives provide a sense of advancement.
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+4.0
Titanium Court
Players accumulate resources, unlock jobs, and gain upgrades, progressing through runs and narrative layers.
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+4.0
Transistor
Clear progression through leveling, unlocking new skills, and New Game+ modes.
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+4.0
Turbo Overkill
Players collect upgrades, weapons, and augmentations to enhance abilities and combat effectiveness.
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+4.0
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
Players collect gas canisters and unlock story elements, showing clear progression and goal achievement.
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+4.0
Until You Fall
Roguelite progression with weapon upgrades and unlocks between runs; meta-progression encourages advancement.
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Valheim
Clear progression via item upgrades, boss defeats, and unlocking new biomes drives gameplay.
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+4.0
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Experience points, skill upgrades, and item acquisition drive character progression and power growth.
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+4.0
Vangers
Players accumulate vehicles, upgrades, and currency to advance.
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+4.0
vivid/stasis
Players accumulate currency, unlock songs, and advance story chapters through gameplay.
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+4.0
Wrestling Empire
Career mode features item acquisition, title wins, and stat upgrades reflecting progression.
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+4.0
Zoombinis
Players progress by completing puzzles and advancing Zoombinis through stages.
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Super Mario 3D World
Players collect stars, stamps, and power-ups to unlock new levels and content, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Alan Wake II
Players collect weapons, upgrades, and story clues that advance the narrative and character abilities.
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+4.0
Allumeria
Clear progression through biomes, bosses, equipment, and abilities motivates continued play and achievement.
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Amnesia: The Bunker
Players accumulate items, weapons, and upgrades to advance and survive in the bunker.
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+4.0
BioShock Infinite
Players accumulate weapon and vigor upgrades, unlock new abilities, and collect items throughout the game.
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+4.0
Caesar™ 3
Progression through campaigns, city upgrades, and unlocking new buildings and features.
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
Strong progression system with ranks, unlocks, and prestige levels.
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+4.0
Cities: Skylines
Progression through unlocking new buildings, districts, policies, and map expansions as city grows.
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+4.0
CleanFall
Players accumulate resources, unlock turret combinations, and improve their mobile bases progressively.
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