Progression

Players unlock new products, upgrades, and store expansions as they progress.

Strong focus on leveling, gear acquisition, and item upgrades; progression is a core gameplay driver.

Strong emphasis on leveling, skill trees, weapon crafting, and item collection.

Players accumulate weapons, ammo, and upgrades; story progression and unlocking new areas.

Players accumulate vehicle parts, upgrades, and complete tasks to progress; clear sense of advancement.

Strong emphasis on accumulating stats, money, and affection points to unlock story events and endings.

Strong meta-progression with unlocking characters, skill trees, and upgrades that persist between runs.

Clear progression through career ranks, skill acquisition, financial growth, and relationship milestones.

Collecting items, upgrades, and feeding the king-queen drive progression.

Clear progression through upgrading fishing gear, increasing depth, and completing fish encyclopedia.

Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new buildings, and prestige resets to advance.

Leveling, gear acquisition, and crafting provide meaningful advancement and rewards.

Progression through unlocking new abilities and knowledge gates that enable access to new areas and puzzles.

Players accumulate upgrades, items, and outfits that enhance abilities and gameplay options.

Players accumulate cards, artifacts, and character upgrades through runs.

Clear progression through upgrades, promotions, and unlocking new tools and customization options.

Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrading gear, leveling pets, and unlocking skills.

Clear progression through unlocking blueprints, upgrading train, and advancing stations.

Players progress by unlocking new puzzle worlds, mechanics, and bonus content through solving puzzles.

Strong focus on collecting cats, leveling them, and unlocking upgrades.

Progression through item acquisition, equipment upgrades, and unlocking new dungeons.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and leveling up to enhance power and abilities.

Clear progression system with unlocking new items, levels, and upgrades motivates continued play.

Strong progression through unlocking triggers, boons, and achievements; some complaints about late-game dilution.