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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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+4.0
Nitro Kid
Players have meaningful choices in deck building, character selection, and path progression, allowing control over…
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+4.0
Notanote
Players can press any key to hit notes, allowing freedom in input choice and playstyle.
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+4.0
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Players have freedom to choose strategies, manage resources, and customize victory conditions, with multiple factions…
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+4.0
Penguin Colony
Players have freedom to explore a large semi-open world Antarctica, choose different penguin species with unique…
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+4.0
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Players can choose from a large roster of unique characters with distinct fighting styles and freely explore story and…
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+4.0
Pibcremental
Players have freedom to choose prestige tree talents, assign Pibs to buildings, and switch strategies; some…
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+4.0
Populous™: The Beginning
Players directly control the shaman and make strategic decisions, including terrain manipulation and spellcasting…
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+4.0
Portal Dungeon
Players have freedom to choose characters, skins, skill upgrades, and paths through levels, allowing diverse playstyles…
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+4.0
Primal Planet
Players freely explore the world, choose skill upgrades, and craft items with minimal handholding, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Ratopia
Players control a single avatar (the queen rat) directly and can intervene in colony tasks, combining indirect colony…
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+4.0
Ratropolis
Players can choose different leaders with unique decks and strategies, make decisions on card selection, building…
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+4.0
Regiments
Players command platoons and task forces with freedom to plan tactics and customize forces, with less micromanagement…
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+4.0
Road to Ballhalla
Players have freedom to control the ball precisely and choose how to approach levels and challenges, including optional…
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+4.0
Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves
Players have freedom to choose characters, plan trap placements, and decide combat tactics, showing high control over…
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+4.0
Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩
Players have freedom to choose various playstyles via karuta cards and item combinations, and can customize their…
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+4.0
Shark Simulator
Players have freedom to roam, choose weapons, customize shark appearance, and experiment with physics-based movement.
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+4.0
Signs of the Sojourner
Players have significant control over deck building and travel routes, shaping conversations and story outcomes.
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+4.0
Slow living with Princess
Players have freedom to explore, gather, craft, and manage their shop at their own pace with multiple gameplay systems…
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+4.0
Spectromancer
Players adapt to a semi-randomized set of cards each game, requiring strategic decisions and personal playstyle choices…
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+4.0
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
Players have freedom to choose characters, classes, and customize loadouts; multiple game modes and progression systems…
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+4.0
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Players have control over weapon choices, upgrades, and play style despite randomized levels and weapons, allowing…
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+4.0
Stirring Abyss
Players have freedom to choose character development paths, mutations, base upgrades, and tactical approaches in…
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+4.0
Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
Players have freedom to choose factions, units, and strategies; map editor allows custom scenario creation
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+4.0
Sudden Strike Gold
Players have freedom to direct tactical operations with fixed units, no base building or resource management, requiring…
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