Progression

Strong emphasis on leveling up, collecting equipment, and completing quests.

Heavy focus on accumulating virtual currency, upgrades, and player development, though often tied to microtransactions.

Strong emphasis on collecting chips, upgrading programs, and unlocking new content.

Strong progression through upgrades, hero leveling, and unlocking new abilities and difficulties.

Strong focus on accumulating skills, gear, pets, and upgrades with meaningful advancement.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, souls, and stars to enhance towers and abilities.

Clear progression through research tree and unlocking increasingly complex machines and materials.

Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, upgrades, and companions to advance through the game.

Strong progression system with gear upgrades, talents, and dungeon rating advancement.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, unlocking abilities, and growing stronger.

Strong focus on accumulating and upgrading treasures, unlocking characters, and advancing realms.

Strong emphasis on accumulating loot, upgrading gear, and unlocking meta progression to grow power and capabilities.

Strong progression through acquiring new skills, weapons, magic, and unlocking new content and characters.

Strong progression through leveling workshop, reputation, skills, and unlocking multiple endings.

Strong meta progression system with a large skill tree, unlocks, and upgrades driving player advancement.

Strong emphasis on accumulating gems, upgrading ships, and base development.

Strong emphasis on accumulating ships, upgrades, officers, and experience throughout campaigns.

Strong progression through leveling, gear upgrades, crafting, and unlocking new abilities.

Strong emphasis on accumulating skill points, unlocking crafting recipes, and upgrading abilities.

Strong progression through collecting parts, upgrading ships, and unlocking kits.

Character leveling, item collection, crafting, and quest completion drive continuous progression.

Strong meta-progression system with talent trees, unlocks, and upgrades rewarding continued play.

Strong focus on accumulating and upgrading equipment, leveling characters, and unlocking new content.

Strong meta-progression system with unlockable skills, equipment, and classes that persist across runs.