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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 + Experimenting
A strong dose of autonomy and experimenting in the same game.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Rusted Warfare - RTS
Players have freedom to build bases, choose units, and customize gameplay with mods, enabling personal strategies and…
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+4.0
Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
Players have freedom to choose cards and customize their runs, creating unique playstyles and strategies.
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+4.0
Turbo Dismount™
Players can freely customize characters, vehicles, maps, and obstacle placement, allowing personal control over…
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+4.0
Viewfinder
Players have freedom to experiment with the unique camera mechanic and solve puzzles in multiple ways, encouraging…
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+4.0
Braid
Players have control over time manipulation mechanics and can experiment with rewinding, slowing, or altering time to…
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+4.0
Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
Players freely choose two guilds and decide building placement and strategy each run, allowing significant control and…
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+4.0
DevilConnection
Players make many choices affecting story and endings; exploration of different options encouraged.
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+4.0
Leap Year
Players freely explore and discover game mechanics on their own without forced progression or ability gating.
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+4.0
Omelet You Cook
Players have freedom to choose starting ingredients, difficulty levels, and play styles (slow and precise or fast and…
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+4.0
Demon Lord: Just a Block
Players have full control over movement and decision-making in a turn-based system where the world moves only when the…
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+4.0
Total Annihilation
Players have freedom to direct their own strategies, unit production, and tactics with many options and mod support.
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+4.0
UFO 50
Players freely choose from 50 distinct games with varied mechanics and playstyles, encouraging self-directed…
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+4.0
Brutal Orchestra
Players have freedom to choose party members, moves, and strategies; combat involves complex decision-making and…
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+4.0
Chronicon
Players have extensive freedom to customize builds, respec skills anytime, and choose difficulty levels freely.
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+4.0
Fractal Block World
Players freely explore vast fractal worlds, choose their own paths, and experiment with shrinking and growing mechanics…
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+4.0
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
Players have freedom to explore levels, interact with many objects and NPCs, and choose how to approach tasks.
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+4.0
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Players have freedom to choose from 8 classes, customize weapons and items, and adopt various playstyles including…
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+4.0
Backpack Battles
Players have full control over item placement, rotation, and build strategy with no time pressure, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Duck Simulator 2
Players experience multiple gameplay styles and can explore different game modes and endings, indicating a high degree…
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+4.0
Heartfall — A Tale in Three Lives
Players make meaningful narrative decisions that affect story outcomes and relationships, encouraging personal choice…
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+4.0
Wizard of Legend
Players can freely choose and customize their spells (arcana), relics, and robes before each run, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Worms Armageddon
Players have extensive control over team customization, weapon choices, map creation, and game rules, enabling high…
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+4.0
Zero-K
Players have freedom to choose factories, units, strategies, and customize commanders; flat tech tree allows building…
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+4.0
Soulstone Survivors
Players have freedom to choose characters, weapons, runes, and build synergies; active skill replacement during runs…
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