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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Focused on autonomy
Games where autonomy stands out from the other motivations.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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EVE Online
Players have full freedom to choose their own path, roles, and actions in a vast sandbox universe.
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+4.0
F1® 24
Players have control over car setups, driving style, and career choices including selecting drivers and teams…
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+4.0
Farmer's Dynasty 2
Players have freedom to choose activities such as farming, repairing, building, and exploring two timelines, with some…
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+4.0
For The Warp
Players can freely explore sectors, choose routes, and decide on card acquisitions and deck building strategies…
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+4.0
Gleaner Heights
Players have freedom to explore, make choices affecting story and relationships, and manage their farm independently…
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+4.0
Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise Of Clans / Ex Machina: Meridian 113
Players have freedom to customize vehicles, choose weapons, and decide playstyle including trading or combat.
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+4.0
Honey, I Joined a Cult
Players have significant control over cult management, building, scheduling, and customizing their cult and members…
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+4.0
I Am Fish
Players have control over four different fish with unique abilities and can choose different paths in levels…
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+4.0
Impossible Quest
Players choose from multiple options at each step, directing their own path through many endings.
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+4.0
Legend of Dungeon
Players have freedom to choose characters, weapons, spells, and play style; random generation encourages adaptive…
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+4.0
Lost But Found
Players freely manage their table, choose how to organize items, decide whether to return or sell items, and select…
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+4.0
Lost Rift
Players have freedom to build bases on their own PvE island and choose how to engage PvP expeditions, including stealth…
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+4.0
Machine Mind
Players have freedom to design and customize vehicles and assign roles to bots, but some constraints and UI issues…
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+4.0
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Players have freedom to solve puzzles in multiple ways using magnetic mechanics and explore levels at their own pace.
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+4.0
Mist Legacy
Players have freedom to explore, choose skills, craft, and build their own path with minimal handholding.
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Players can choose different characters, traps, and upgrade paths freely; the game encourages strategic thinking and…
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+4.0
Parkan 2
Players have significant freedom to choose roles (trader, pirate, colonizer), explore many star systems, and decide…
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+4.0
Pinball FX
Players freely choose which tables to play and can customize game modes and camera angles, indicating high control over…
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+4.0
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition
Players can choose different chess sets, materials, backgrounds, and difficulty levels freely, indicating high control…
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+4.0
Schein
Players have control over switching light colors and placing lanterns, enabling them to manipulate the environment and…
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+4.0
SEVERANCE
Players can choose roles freely (ghost or investigator), and the ghost has strategic control over hunts and abilities.
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+4.0
Shatterline
Players can choose different operators with unique abilities and customize weapons and loadouts, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Snapshot
Players have freedom to solve puzzles creatively using the snapshot mechanic and object placement.
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+4.0
Sneak Thief
Players can choose different strategies (stealth, guns blazing, planning) and approach levels with freedom.
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