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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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Metal Gear Solid
Players have significant control over stealth tactics, equipment choice, and approach to objectives, encouraging…
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+4.0
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Players have extensive control over weapon choice, hunting styles, arts, and preparation, enabling personalized…
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+4.0
Motorsport Manager
Players have significant control over team management, car development, race strategy, and staff decisions, allowing…
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+4.0
OGame
Players have significant control over strategic decisions including resource management, research paths, fleet…
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+4.0
Pikmin
Players have freedom to choose how to manage Pikmin groups, plan routes, and solve puzzles within time constraints.
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+4.0
Plague Inc.
Players have significant control over evolving their pathogen's traits and strategies, choosing starting countries and…
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+4.0
Pokémon Insurgence
Players have significant control over gameplay style, including character customization, choice of starter Pokémon…
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+4.0
Replicube
Players freely write and optimize their own code solutions with multiple approaches possible, enabling high personal…
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+4.0
Tametsi
Players have full control over their logical deductions and decisions; no forced routines or guesswork required.
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+4.0
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
Players have full control over their moves and decisions in each solitaire variant, with no forced routines or scripted…
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+4.0
Infested Planet
Players can freely choose unit loadouts, upgrade paths, and adapt strategies dynamically during missions.
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+4.0
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
Players can choose from 31 characters each with 3 distinct fighting styles, allowing high personal control and varied…
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+4.0
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Players have freedom to choose loadouts, strategies, and coordinate team actions, though missions have preset…
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+4.0
Sanctum 2
Players can choose characters, weapons, perks, and build their own tower maze layouts, allowing significant control…
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+4.0
Transport Fever 2
Players have extensive freedom to build and manage transport networks, create custom maps, and choose strategies.
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+4.0
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Players have extensive control over all aspects of city and economy management, including detailed logistics and…
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+4.0
Can of Wormholes
Players have freedom to explore puzzles at their own pace, use hints optionally, and revisit levels with new knowledge.
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+4.0
Card Survival: Tropical Island
Players have full control over their actions and decisions, including crafting, exploration, and character…
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+4.0
Dawnsbury Days
Players have extensive freedom to customize characters, builds, and tactics, with an editor and mod support enabling…
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+4.0
ISLANDERS: New Shores
Players have control over building placement, island choice, and boon selection, allowing freedom in decision-making…
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+4.0
LOK Digital
Players can choose levels in any order and experiment with puzzle solutions freely, with hints available but optional.
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+4.0
Mimic Logic
Players freely choose how to solve puzzles, manage resources, and decide risk-taking strategies.
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+4.0
Order of the Sinking Star
Players freely explore a large non-linear overworld and choose puzzles to solve in any order, with multiple mechanics…
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+4.0
Our Adventurer Guild
Players have freedom to customize characters, choose classes, manage guild and decide mission pacing without forced…
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