Wesley Grey

Progression fantasy is my favorite book genre. It's different than normal fantasy because it focuses on power gain. (Things like training arcs, loot runs, cultivation - all with the goal of becoming stronger). You gain power to overcome (monsters, enemies, circumstance) and it's so rewarding. Most of these stories start with someone down on their luck, or at the lowest point, and through sheer willpower, training, and purpose, they gain the power they need to rise through the ranks. I love it. I grew up really poor (I lived in a car at one point, didn't have food at others) and it's only because of hard work and dedication that I got out of the cycle. I LOVE stories that show someone pulling themselves out of the mire into the sun, and then going even higher and becoming something amazing! You might say, "well, isn't all fantasy progression fantasy? Because the main characters get stronger in those. Harry Potter learned new spells. He trained his spells." Normal fantasy doesn't focus on the power gain quite like progression fantasy. Harry Potter learns and gets better, but he never seeks to be THE BEST. He never trains so hard and so thoroughly that he can beat every other witch and wizard in a duel. He doesn't focus on his magic studies so much that he invents a bunch of new OP spells. The story in Harry Potter is basically mysteries (solve what is going on) rather than (power up so much that by the time I face Voldermort, I'm a god-tier duelist that can't be beat). If Harry Potter was a progression fantasy, he would've gotten a time-turner and rewound time so much that he mastered every spell (and made himself new and better ones) by the time he finished 3rd year he would single-handily defeated all the death eaters so they couldn't hurt anyone ever again. Progression fantasy is about changing the world for the better through personal might and power that you earned yourself. It's really amazing.