Progression

Strong progression through upgrades, abilities, collectibles, and story advancement.

Strong sense of progression through acquiring gear, skills, and faction membership; rewarding power growth.

Strong progression system with trap upgrades, experience, gems, and unlockable content.

Clear progression through company growth, software development, market share, and building expansion.

Core motivation is accumulating money, upgrades, and achievements through continuous progression.

Strong focus on accumulating wealth, upgrading equipment and villa, and completing story and side missions.

Strong progression through hero leveling, skill acquisition, and unit upgrades.

Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, ammo, upgrades, and completing missions to advance.

Strong focus on accumulating levels, gear upgrades, and class advancements as core gameplay drivers.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, developing parts, improving facilities, and advancing through racing series.

Strong focus on collecting frogs, mushrooms, and upgrades; unlocking new areas and story progression.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, technologies, ships, and planets to advance empire power.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, collecting Pokémon, earning badges, and acquiring items.

Strong emphasis on collecting Pokémon, leveling up, acquiring badges, and unlocking new content.

Strong progression through leveling, evolving Pokémon, earning badges, and completing the Pokédex.

Strong emphasis on collecting bolts, upgrading weapons, and unlocking new abilities driving player progression.

Central to gameplay with extensive item, skill, and character upgrades driving player advancement.

Strong focus on accumulating wealth, assets, company shares, and upgrades throughout gameplay.

Strong emphasis on acquiring items, upgrades, and character development throughout the game.

Strong meta-progression with unlockable characters, weapons, runes, and upgrades driving advancement.

Strong progression system with leveling, acquiring weapons, armor, magic, and property ownership.

Strong focus on accumulating resources, upgrading buildings, and unlocking new units and planets.

Strong progression system with weapon and stratagem unlocks and upgrades tied to mission success.

Strong sense of progression by growing katamari size, unlocking items, and completing levels.