Progression

Strong progression system with stars earned by completing objectives unlocking new levels and weapon upgrades.

Strong emphasis on gaining new abilities, upgrades, and unlocking new map areas.

Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and leveling to access better gear and bosses.

Upgrade system and weapon progression provide a sense of growth and accumulation.

Strong progression system with unlocking new staff, floors, dishes, and furniture, motivating continued play.

Strong emphasis on accumulating personas, skills, social stats, and story milestones reflecting continuous advancement.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking frogs, expanding farm, and improving weapons.

Players progress by unlocking puzzles, gaining levels, and restoring the world, providing a sense of advancement.

Strong emphasis on collecting items, completing levels, and unlocking achievements; progression is a core motivator.

Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, items, and upgrades to improve survival chances.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating ranks, items, upgrades, and skill unlocks to improve performance.

Players collect items, unlock characters and abilities, and progress through increasingly difficult levels.

Strong progression through unlocking characters, weapons, runes, and upgrades; meta-progression elements encourage…

Strong progression through skill points, weapon upgrades, and unlocking new abilities.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating items, upgrades, and unlocking survivors.

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

Robust progression systems with permanent upgrades, monster evolutions, and meta progression between runs.

Strong progression system with unlockable animals, characters, and difficulty levels.

Strong progression through career mode, earning money, buying and upgrading cars.

Strong emphasis on collecting weapon upgrades, secrets, and items to enhance abilities.

Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading weapons, and unlocking new areas to advance.

Players accumulate upgrades, items, and abilities as they advance.

Strong progression through ranks, wealth, ships, and titles.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, relics, and character power through repeated dungeon runs.