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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.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Drifting Lands
Players can freely customize ships, choose skills, and decide playstyle with multiple ships and equipment options
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+4.0
Dungeon Rats
Players create their own character builds and choose combat tactics freely, experimenting with different weapon and…
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+4.0
Eldest Souls
Players can freely choose and respec skill trees and customize builds between boss fights, allowing personal playstyle…
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+4.0
Hammerfight
Players have high control over their flying machine and weapon swings through mouse movement, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
I am not a Monster: First Contact
Players have control over tactical decisions, equipment loadouts, and strategic planning in turn-based combat.
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+4.0
Kairo
Players freely explore a vast abstract world and solve puzzles with minimal guidance, encouraging self-direction and…
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+4.0
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Players have freedom to customize weapons extensively and choose mission approaches, with open maps allowing multiple…
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+4.0
Pizza Connection 2
Players have extensive control over business decisions, pizza recipes, restaurant design, staff management, and…
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+4.0
Signs of Life
Players have freedom to explore, craft, and build with minimal handholding; game encourages self-directed discovery.
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+4.0
Stellar Initiative
Players can choose different loadouts, upgrade paths, and artifacts, and decide their own strategies and build orders.
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+4.0
Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
Players have significant control over track layout, signal logic, and train routing, allowing personal freedom in…
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+4.0
AK-xolotl: Together
Players can choose different Axolotl characters, customize abilities by feeding, and select weapons and upgrades…
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+4.0
Blade Assault
Players can choose different characters, weapons, and upgrade paths freely, allowing personal control over playstyle…
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+4.0
Dark Devotion
Players choose paths, weapons, perks, and strategies freely; game encourages exploration and decision-making
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+4.0
Incremental Epic Hero 2
Players have significant freedom to choose progression paths, focus on different heroes, and decide their own playstyle…
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+4.0
King's Bounty: Dark Side
Players can choose among three distinct characters with different races and playstyles, and quests can be completed in…
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+4.0
Legend of Dungeon
Players have freedom to choose characters, weapons, spells, and play style; random generation encourages adaptive…
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+4.0
Magical Delicacy
Players have freedom to explore the map, experiment with recipes, and choose their own pace and approach to quests and…
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+4.0
Pebble Knights
Players have freedom to choose builds, weapons, and playstyles; can reset perks and adapt mid-run.
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+4.0
Really Big Sky
Players have freedom to choose upgrades, game modes, and play style with procedural levels and multiple strategies.
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+4.0
CivIdle
Players can freely choose strategies, production chains, and rebirth timing; no forced routines.
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Players can choose different characters, traps, and upgrade paths freely; the game encourages strategic thinking and…
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+4.0
Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
Players have significant freedom in deckbuilding, character selection, and story choices, allowing personal direction…
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+4.0
Cards, the Universe and Everything
Players have freedom to build decks from thousands of cards and experiment with combinations, showing high control over…
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