Progression

Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, currencies, and prestige layers to advance.

Strong emphasis on collecting characters, upgrading equipment, and base building.

Strong focus on collecting, upgrading heroes, gear, and completing events to gain power.

Strong emphasis on accumulating ships, upgrades, experience, and expanding fleet power.

Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, upgrades, skills, and unlocking endings across playthroughs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating gear, upgrading weapons, leveling characters, and crafting.

Strong progression system with medals unlocking new missions, upgrades, and abilities.

Players accumulate gold, items, and upgrades; story progression depends on choices and route.

Heavy emphasis on leveling, item crafting, unlocking skills, and advancing through generations.

Strong emphasis on acquiring ships, upgrades, resources, and expanding industrial and trade empires.

Clear progression through skill leveling, crafting tiers, and settlement/empire development.

Strong gear and item progression system with persistent equipment and upgrades driving advancement.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and building up provinces and heroes.

Strong emphasis on acquiring gear, upgrading bunker, reputation, and loot accumulation.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, researching new products, and expanding production capabilities.

Strong progression through item collection, apartment upgrades, and character stat improvements.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and research to advance.

Strong emphasis on accumulating loot, upgrading characters, and meta-progression across multiple characters.

Strong progression through research, resource gathering, mech upgrades, and city development.

Strong progression system with leveling, unlocking game modes, cheats, and accumulating weapons and upgrades.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, items, and meta-progression.

Strong progression through technology research, resource accumulation, and empire expansion.

Strong emphasis on acquiring weapons, equipment, upgrades, and completing missions to advance.

Strong meta progression through unlocking cards, building decks, and completing dungeons and quests.