Saturation Mode
As VIN increases, the base current increases and therefore so does the collector current. Eventually, the collector resistor RC will drop so much voltage that the BC junction will begin to enter the forward-bias region.
When both the BE junction and the BC junction are forward-biased, the transistor is in saturation mode. The BC junction enters the forward-bias region when the base-to-collector voltage is about 0.5 V; since the base-to-emitter voltage stays near 0.7 V and the emitter is grounded, a bit of math tells us that the voltage at the collector will be 0.2 V.
This is called the collector-to-emitter (VCE) saturation voltage: VCE(sat) = 0.2 V.