Progression

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and expanding business capabilities.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and player cards in Ultimate Team and career advancement.

Strong focus on growth, talent upgrades, breeding, and unlocking skins and achievements.

Strong focus on accumulating pilots, mechs, upgrades, and resources to advance.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating items, upgrading characters, and progressing through levels.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, technologies, fleets, and upgrades; progression is a core gameplay element.

Clear progression system with levels, unlocking new items, customization options, and growth stages.

Strong progression system with experience points, leveling, and unlocking new abilities and spells.

Strong progression system with leveling, item collection, unlocking chapters, and arena mode advancement.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, crafting upgrades, leveling up, and expanding base capabilities.

Strong emphasis on collecting characters, upgrading, and unlocking content through gacha and quests.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating power, upgrades, pets, and rebirth bonuses for continuous advancement.

Strong focus on leveling, collecting loot, upgrading equipment, and unlocking skills.

Strong progression systems with ranks, stars, character intimacy, and unlockable costumes and cut-ins.

Core gameplay revolves around evolving through tiers and accumulating XP to reach apex animals.

Strong emphasis on earning badges, collecting Pokémon, and upgrading through rebalanced stats and abilities.

Robust progression system with currency, unlockable cosmetics, ranks, and seasonal passes motivates continued play.

Strong focus on accumulating gear, upgrades, titles, and resources to increase power and status.

Strong progression system with unit unlocks, upgrades, and campaign advancement.

Strong emphasis on collecting cards, leveling idols, upgrading units, and accumulating items and resources.

Progression through growing worm size, collecting power-ups, and climbing leaderboards is central.

Strong emphasis on accumulating coins to unlock and upgrade vehicles, power-ups, and characters.

Many versions feature item collection, upgrades, and level advancement, emphasizing accumulation and growth.

Clear progression through earning money, upgrading equipment, and building the protagonist's home.