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Sickly Days and Summer Traces
Clear progression through increasing HP, happiness, unlocking events, and multiple endings.
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+5.0
Siralim 3
Strong emphasis on leveling, breeding, collecting items, and unlocking upgrades with infinite scaling.
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+4.0
SNAKE FARM
Strong progression through accumulating upgrades, weapons, and higher scores across runs.
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+5.0
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
Strong emphasis on recruiting characters, upgrading equipment, and advancing story and base.
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+5.0
The Binding of Isaac
Core gameplay revolves around collecting items, upgrades, and unlocking new content.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Strong emphasis on leveling skills, acquiring items, and character advancement.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Strong progression through leveling, acquiring items, and completing quests.
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+5.0
(the) Gnorp Apologue
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating resources, upgrades, and talent points to progress.
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+4.0
The Last Cat in the Universe
Clear progression through resource collection and upgrades.
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+5.0
The Political Process
Strong emphasis on career progression through political offices, accumulating influence, reputation, and power.
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+4.0
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Strong emphasis on upgrading weapons, buildings, and research to improve capabilities.
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+5.0
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Strong emphasis on acquiring items, upgrades, and character development throughout the game.
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+4.0
Tumbleweed Destiny
Strong focus on accumulating currency, upgrading skills, and collecting cards to become more powerful.
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+4.0
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, upgrades, hats, and completing quests to advance.
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+4.0
Urbek City Builder: Prologue
Clear progression through unlocking buildings, upgrades, and population growth milestones.
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+4.0
Void Sols
Clear progression through weapon upgrades, stat allocation, and item acquisition; builds evolve over time.
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+4.0
Walk of Life
Clear progression through jobs, education, acquiring items, and completing quests; players accumulate upgrades and…
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+5.0
Wandering Sword
Strong emphasis on character progression via cultivation, skill acquisition, equipment crafting, and unlocking new…
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+4.0
Waves
Players accumulate score multipliers, levels, bombs, and achievements, reflecting clear progression and power…
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+5.0
Worldless
Skill trees, unlocking new abilities, and absorbing enemies provide clear progression and upgrades.
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+5.0
X-COM: UFO Defense
Strong progression through research, equipment upgrades, soldier ranks, and base expansion.
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+4.0
Zup! 7
Strong focus on accumulating achievements and unlocking profile customization items.
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+4.0
Zup! 8
Strong progression through levels and massive achievement unlocking.
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+4.0
100 hidden birds
Progression through finding birds and unlocking achievements; linear accumulation of completion.
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