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+5.0
Atomicrops
Strong meta-progression system with unlocks, upgrades, and achievements driving advancement.
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+4.0
Backrooms Cleanup Crew
Players accumulate upgrades, unlock cosmetics, and improve ratings, showing clear progression.
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+5.0
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Strong emphasis on leveling up characters, acquiring items, and unlocking abilities.
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+5.0
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and unlocking new abilities and quests.
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+4.0
Barn Finders: The Pilot
Players accumulate items, upgrade shops, and unlock new tools and locations, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Players collect gold, unlock characters, costumes, and new levels, showing clear progression.
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+4.0
Boba Cafe Simulator
Strong progression through unlocking recipes, upgrades, and expanding the cafe business.
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+4.0
Boyfriend Dungeon
Players level up weapons, unlock outfits and gifts, and progress through story and dungeons.
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+4.0
Bully
Strong progression through missions, class abilities, combat moves, and social rank.
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+5.0
BYTEPATH
Strong progression through unlocking skill nodes, classes, ships, and upgrades; core gameplay loop.
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+4.0
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
Players accumulate experience, unlock skills, buy cars, and upgrade their workshop.
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+4.0
Cash Cleaner Simulator
Clear progression through unlocking tools, upgrades, and expanding operations.
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+5.0
Caves of Lore
Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and unlocking new spells and abilities.
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+4.0
Clank!
Strong progression through deck-building, acquiring cards, and collecting treasures.
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+4.0
Click Mage
Strong sense of progression through unlocking upgrades, blueprints, and building a portal to finish the game.
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+4.0
Colony Survival
Clear progression through research, unlocking new jobs, and expanding colony capabilities.
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+5.0
CrossCode
Strong progression through leveling, skill trees, gear acquisition, and unlocking new abilities.
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+5.0
Crystal Project
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading gear, and leveling classes.
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+5.0
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new skills, and building power across runs.
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+5.0
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Strong focus on accumulating items, leveling up, and upgrading equipment to gain power and advance.
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+5.0
Demon's Souls
Strong emphasis on accumulating souls, upgrading weapons, and leveling up characters to progress.
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+5.0
Desktop Defender
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, loot, and meta-progression through ascending.
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+4.0
Detective Girl of the Steam City
Character levels, skill points, equipment upgrades, and story advancement provide clear progression.
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+5.0
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Strong progression system with augmentations, weapons, and story advancement.
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