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Progression
Accumulating items or upgrades
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+5.0
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Strong progression through acquiring items, upgrades, new abilities, and unlocking new areas.
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+5.0
The Planet Crafter
Clear and satisfying progression through unlocking items, upgrades, and terraforming milestones.
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+4.0
The Roottrees are Dead
Players accumulate knowledge, unlock family members, and complete the family tree as a form of progression.
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+5.0
Tiny Rogues
Strong meta progression system with unlockable characters, permanent perks, and in-run upgrades.
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+4.0
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, upgrading skills and weapons, and collecting items.
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+5.0
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
Strong focus on leveling up, acquiring new skills, fusing characters, and collecting items.
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+4.0
Tower of Mask
Character progression through leveling, equipment upgrades, and inventory expansion.
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+5.0
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and character growth throughout the game.
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+5.0
Turing Complete
Players accumulate increasingly complex components and capabilities, progressing from gates to full CPUs.
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+4.0
Twin Shot Deluxe
Players accumulate coins, unlock hats, skins, and power-ups, and progress through increasingly challenging levels.
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+5.0
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Strong meta-progression with unlocking characters, cards, upgrades, and evolving decks.
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+4.0
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up
Strong emphasis on collecting currency, upgrading weapons, unlocking blueprints, and advancing through levels.
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+4.0
Waterpark Simulator
Clear progression through star ratings, upgrades, and park expansion.
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+5.0
WitchSpring R
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading weapons, and character stat growth.
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+5.0
Withering Realms
Strong focus on acquiring weapons, upgrades, and leveling up character parts; build progression is central.
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+5.0
Withering Rooms
Strong progression system with item acquisition, leveling, and build development over multiple runs.
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+5.0
AETHUS
Strong sense of progression through unlocking new tools, upgrades, and story milestones.
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+5.0
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Strong emphasis on resource gathering, technology upgrades, and unit progression.
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+5.0
ASTLIBRA Revision
Extensive item collection, equipment mastery, and character upgrades drive progression.
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+5.0
Atomcraft
Clear progression through unlocking elements, technologies, and building increasingly complex machines.
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+5.0
BALL x PIT
Strong meta-progression through base-building, character unlocks, and ball upgrades; players accumulate power and…
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+4.0
Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
Strong focus on team and player progression, stadium upgrades, and unlocking new features.
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+4.0
Bat Boy
Players collect upgrades, new abilities, and health/stamina enhancements to progress through the game.
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+4.0
Beltmatic
Clear progression through unlocking new operations, upgrades, and larger numbers.
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