Every run is a new build
Cinderhold Survivor gives you twelve minutes against a horde and a choice of three upgrades at every level. Voidwake Space Shooter carries nine kinds of upgrades through a 50-level campaign. Shardfall Brick Breaker offers eleven upgrades that stack for the run. Bastide Tactics and Oxbow Deckbuilder bring the same loop to a tactics grid and a hand of cards.
What you keep after a loss
Gold from every Cinderhold run, won or lost, buys permanent ranks in the camp shop, and renown in Bastide opens new wardens. A lost run still moves the next one forward.