Progression

Strong focus on accumulating a large number of achievements and unlocking profile customization items.

Strong progression through acquiring spells, upgrades, and crafting equipment.

Strong progression through technological research, shipbuilding, and fleet upgrades over time.

Strong emphasis on collecting items, unlocking upgrades, and character advancement.

Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrading shop and heroes, and unlocking new content.

Strong emphasis on unlocking abilities, upgrading characters, and collecting items.

Strong emphasis on accumulating recipes, upgrades, and restaurant improvements.

Strong progression through career advancement, contract negotiations, and title wins.

Strong emphasis on leveling skills, acquiring items, crafting upgrades, and evolving pets.

Strong meta-progression with unlocking characters, cards, and abilities over many runs.

Strong emphasis on gradual accumulation of items, machines, and upgrades through crafting and farming.

Strong progression through unlocking cards, skills, and characters; deck building evolves over play.

Strong meta progression system with unlocking and upgrading runes, talismans, and map nodes.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating experience, items, upgrades, and unlocking new characters.

Strong meta progression with skill trees, permanent upgrades, and build unlocks driving player advancement.

Strong emphasis on leveling units, recruiting heroes, and acquiring upgrades throughout campaigns.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and character growth through repeated runs and battles.

Strong focus on leveling, gear acquisition, talent unlocking, and character power growth.

Strong focus on accumulating resources, unlocking technologies, upgrading stations, and building ships.

Clear progression through unlocking new businesses, upgrades, and employees is central to gameplay.

Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, items, and upgrades; new game plus and carryover features enhance progression.

Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, artifacts, and museum growth through repeated cycles and prestige.

Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, items, and expanding the shop and grow operation.

Strong progression through unlocking races, classes, items, and kingdom upgrades.