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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Games where autonomy stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Quiplash
Players freely create their own answers to prompts, expressing personal creativity and humor without preset constraints.
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+4.0
Resonance
Players control four distinct characters with unique abilities and can switch between them freely, making decisions and…
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+4.0
RetroArch
Players have extensive control over emulator cores, settings, and configurations, allowing personal freedom in how to…
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+4.0
Reverse Crawl
Players make meaningful choices about upgrades, units, and story paths, directing their own strategy and progression.
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+4.0
Rising Hell
Players can choose different characters, paths, and upgrades, allowing control over playstyle and progression.
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+4.0
Ritual of Raven
Players have significant control over programming constructs and managing their farm automation, allowing personal…
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+4.0
River Town Factory
Players have significant control over factory layout, resource allocation, and relationship choices, with freedom to…
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+4.0
Rubbings
Players have freedom to explore, investigate, and piece together clues at their own pace with multiple approaches to…
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+4.0
Sanctum
Players have freedom to build their own maze layouts, choose and upgrade towers and weapons, and decide personal combat…
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+4.0
Scythe: Digital Edition
Players have freedom to choose factions, mats, and strategies with complex decision-making and multiple paths to…
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+4.0
Secrets of Grindea
Players have freedom to customize characters, choose skills and builds, respec anytime, and decide playstyle.
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+4.0
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
Players have freedom to explore levels, find keys and secrets, and choose weapons and tactics.
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+4.0
ShapeHero Factory
Players have significant control over factory building, unit production, and strategic decisions during runs, including…
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+4.0
Shenmue I & II
Players have freedom to explore, interact with NPCs, and choose how to spend their time, though story progression is…
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+4.0
Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel
Players make meaningful choices affecting story paths, character relationships, and mission selection, showing high…
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+4.0
Skewer Squad
Players have control over moving skewers and choosing food builds, allowing strategic decisions and active gameplay.
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+4.0
Stacking
Players control the smallest doll and can choose which larger dolls to stack into and use their unique abilities…
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+4.0
STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
Players have freedom to explore complex levels, solve puzzles, and choose weapons; gameplay involves active…
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+4.0
STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Players have freedom to explore complex levels, solve puzzles, and choose weapons; no hand-holding or forced routines.
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+4.0
STARWHAL
Players control their narwhal's movement and attacks with precise but challenging physics-based controls, allowing…
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+4.0
Station to Station
Players have freedom to plan and build train routes and stations with multiple solutions and optional challenges…
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+4.0
Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Players have control over their clone's movements and decisions, including timing, stealth approach, and use of gadgets…
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+4.0
Storm Chasers
Players have freedom to choose play style (storm chaser or tornado), explore open world, and decide how to approach…
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+4.0
Strife: Veteran Edition
Players have freedom to explore interconnected hub worlds, make choices affecting story and endings, and decide how to…
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