Progression

Strong progression system with upgrades, unlocks, and accumulating resources to improve arsenal.

Leveling up, acquiring medals, items, and upgrades are core to gameplay and player motivation.

Strong meta progression with character unlocks, relics, talents, and upgrades driving player advancement.

Strong emphasis on acquiring and upgrading items, skills, and character stats throughout the game.

Strong meta-progression with unlocking clans, cards, pyres, and difficulty levels.

Strong progression through unlocking pilots, cards, relics, and difficulty modes.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating resources, upgrades, and talent points to progress.

Players accumulate increasingly complex components and capabilities, progressing from gates to full CPUs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, leveling up home cities, and unlocking upgrades.

Strong progression system with augmentations, weapons, and story advancement.

Strong progression through champion upgrades (star levels), item builds, and ranked ladder advancement.

Strong emphasis on acquiring and upgrading weapons, abilities, and unlocking new areas.

Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring mutations, cybernetics, gear, and crafting; clear sense of character growth.

Strong emphasis on collecting characters, upgrading artifacts, and progressing through dungeon levels.

Clear progression through unlocking APIs, augmentations, servers, and scripting capabilities.

Strong progression through item collection, skill upgrades, build presets, and character development.

Clear progression through skill acquisition, unlocking outfits, and advancing story events.

Strong progression through unlocking heroes, items, modes, and upgrades; metaprogression is a key feature.

Extensive progression through skill points, talisman upgrades, gem levels, and map unlocks.

Players accumulate weapons, keys, and upgrades while unlocking new areas and story content.

Players accumulate new skills, upgrades, and unlocks that enhance future runs.

Strong progression through research, fleet upgrades, planet development, and unlocking new units and abilities.

Strong emphasis on accumulating territories, technologies, and military power over time.

Clear progression through unit upgrades, class promotions, artifact acquisition, and tech trees.