Please suggest good progression based multiplayer games (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Jogni@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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I have a small gaming group of 3-4 ppl where we love proper progression based multiplayer games. We've been playing Barotrauma for ages, a fair share of voidcrew, multiplayer modded RimWorld, and we rode the Lethal Company Wave of crew based mission collecting games, but we're looking for more games in the same vein with a good mix of progression, asymmetry and replayability. Please suggest any games that you feel may fit!

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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Stardew Valley.

Honestly I want suggest a fair few but I have difficulty grasping what you mean by progression based on your examples. I would argue nearly all games, ever, are "progression based".

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Many multiplayer games and roguelikes are based on repeating a loop where you start from zero every time.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

If I was looking to describe a kind of game, I would not use "progression based" to describe a game where you start from zero every time. I'm well aware that many rogue likes have permanent unlocks which facilitate progression, but then I'm back to my original point in that is not a very helpful descriptor because almost every game is progression based in that sense.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That first part is exactly what I'm saying. Many multiplayer games involve starting from zero every time, so that didn't seem to be what OP is looking for. I wouldn't recommend Vagante, for instance. It has a small handful of unlocks, but the lack of other progression is a feature, not a bug. Meanwhile, a loot game like Borderlands will have you continually upgrading your character and gear over many sessions, and that's likely what OP is asking for.