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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
The Impossible Game
Players control timing of jumps precisely with a single button, allowing personal skill expression and decision making.
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+4.0
The Magical Mixture Mill
Players have freedom to explore, gather resources, choose potion recipes, and design their own automation layouts with…
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+4.0
The Mobius Machine
Players have freedom to explore a large open world with multiple paths and sequence breaking possible, allowing…
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+4.0
The Talos Principle VR
Players have extensive control over movement options, graphical settings, and gameplay style, allowing personal freedom…
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+4.0
World of Myths
Players have freedom to choose gods, build decks, and decide attack/defense strategies with multiple targets and unique…
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+4.0
Yao-Guai Hunter
Players have freedom to choose characters, build decks with different strategies, and decide energy usage each turn…
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+4.0
Zombie Driver HD
Players can choose from multiple vehicles and weapons, upgrade them, and select strategies for missions, showing…
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+4.0
Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes
Players choose characters, paths on the map, and skill/item loadouts, allowing significant control over playstyle and…
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+4.0
Crash Team Racing
Players have control over character choice, racing style, and skillful execution of power slides and boosts, allowing…
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+4.0
Alice Escaped!
Players can freely explore the map, choose when and how to upgrade skills, and switch between two characters with…
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+4.0
Alpha League
Players freely choose heroes and build strategies with randomized skill genres each match, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
Players must figure out puzzles and actions on their own without guidance, allowing freedom in problem solving despite…
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+4.0
Ascend to ZERO
Players have freedom to choose characters, builds, and strategies including when to stop time and how to approach…
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+4.0
Aurora Dusk: Steam Age
Players control their own avatar and can customize AI behavior for companions, but NPC villagers act autonomously…
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+4.0
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Players have control over fleet composition, ship positioning, and tactical decisions in battles with a WEGO system…
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+4.0
Beat Hazard 3
Players have freedom to choose music, customize ships, and explore galaxies with personal decisions.
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+4.0
Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity
Players can choose difficulty, explore secret paths, create custom levels with an in-game editor and scripts, and…
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+4.0
Bootstrap Island
Players have high freedom to explore, experiment with realistic survival mechanics, and make their own decisions…
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+4.0
Can't Drive This
Players have control over building the track or driving, making real-time decisions and reacting to random track pieces.
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+4.0
Chaos Galaxy 2
Players have extensive control over strategic decisions, faction choice, unit composition, diplomacy, and custom…
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+4.0
Clatter
Players have control over team composition, unit selection, and tactical decisions in matches, including managing…
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+4.0
Contractors
Players have freedom to choose loadouts, mods, and customize weapons extensively, indicating high control over actions…
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+4.0
Crime Simulator
Players have freedom to choose stealth or aggressive approaches, plan heists, and decide on upgrades and skills…
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+4.0
Curse of the Dead Gods
Players choose their own paths through procedurally generated dungeons and select weapons, relics, and upgrades…
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