Tech tree
What is a tech tree? The map of research and upgrades you unlock step by step in strategy games, from Civilization to StarCraft.
A tech tree lays out the upgrades a player can unlock and the order they must come in: each technology needs one or more earlier ones. In strategy games it usually tracks a faction’s research. Civilization (1991) made the form standard for 4X games.
Examples
Each game links to the source that describes it using the mechanic.
Related terms: Fog of war, Power creep, Meta-progression.
Genres: 4X, Real-time strategy, Grand strategy.
Sources
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- Technology tree — Wikipedia
- Tech Tree — GameDesign.gg