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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Autonomy + Strategy
A strong dose of autonomy and strategy in the same game.
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+4.0
Potionomics
Players have freedom to manage their time, choose which potions to craft, which NPCs to interact with, and how to build…
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+4.0
Preserve
Players have freedom to place tiles, animals, and biomes strategically with multiple modes including creative sandbox…
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+4.0
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
Players have extensive freedom to design and manage their own parks, build custom roller coasters, and set prices…
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+4.0
8-Bit Adventures 2
Players have control over party composition, can swap characters freely in battle without penalty, and choose…
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+4.0
Battlefield 4™
Players have freedom to choose classes, customize weapons and vehicles, and select strategies in large-scale battles.
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+4.0
Black Ice
Players have high freedom to customize their character, weapons, movement, and playstyle with many build options and…
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+4.0
Chained Echoes
Players have freedom to explore, choose skills, customize characters and gear, and decide playstyle; some story…
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+4.0
East Trade Tycoon: Inheritance
Players have freedom to choose birthplaces, trade routes, and strategies for business growth and family management…
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+4.0
Escape Goat 2
Players can choose different routes and approaches to puzzles, with some freedom to explore alternative solutions and…
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+4.0
Fate Seeker II
Players can freely explore a large open world, choose different investigation and combat approaches, and make choices…
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+4.0
Foundation
Players designate zones and build major buildings but villagers autonomously build houses and create paths organically.
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+4.0
Gazillionaire
Players freely choose ships, planets, and trading strategies, allowing personal decision-making and control.
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+4.0
Genome Guardian 2
Players have extensive freedom to customize builds, mix and match parts, and experiment with many combinations…
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+4.0
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Players have freedom to choose survivors, manage base, plan scavenging routes, and decide combat or stealth approaches.
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+4.0
Microsoft Solitaire
Players have full control over their moves and decisions with no opponents, allowing personal decision-making and…
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+4.0
NanoApostle
Players can customize builds with various mods and choose different strategies for bosses, showing control over…
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+4.0
Nation Red
Players can freely choose characters, weapons, perks, and play styles each session, allowing personal control over…
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+4.0
Normal Golf Game
Players have significant control over multiple aspects of their golf shots including swing, stance, aim, club face…
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+4.0
qop 2
Players control the cube's movement freely with arrow keys/WASD, planning moves to solve puzzles.
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+4.0
Racket: Nx
Players have control over their shots, spin, power, and strategies; game supports personal skill development and choice…
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+4.0
Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition
Players have freedom to explore diverse areas, choose party members, customize stats on level up, and toggle difficulty…
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+4.0
Trapper's Delight
Players freely place traps and choose strategies each round, directing their own actions and decisions.
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+4.0
Tunnet
Players have freedom to design and optimize their own network layouts and strategies, experimenting with routing and…
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+4.0
Uncover the Smoking Gun
Players have high freedom to direct their own investigations and interrogations through freeform AI chat rather than…
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