How do I keep app progress when syncing to a new PC?

I have an iPad 4 32GB WiFi. I recently upgraded my PC and reinstalled Windows / iTunes.
I've gone through a 'sync to new PC' process before, with mixed results. I have a lot of games on my iPad and I lost the progress on several of them when I synced the iPad to a new PC before. The process I followed was along the lines of: Connect, Authorize, Transfer Purchases, Backup, Restore, Sync.
I've read that you can purchase third party software to sync non-purchased content, might this be able to help me with game progress too?
Thanks for any help with this!

It really depends on the game developer.

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