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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong autonomy score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Oxide: Survival Island
Players have freedom to choose playstyle, build bases, craft, explore, and decide between solo or clan play.
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Players have significant freedom to explore Hyrule at their own pace, choose how to approach puzzles and quests, and…
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+4.0
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Players have extensive control over driving style, business management, truck customization, and gameplay settings…
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+4.0
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Players have extensive control over character choice, match settings, items, stages, and custom stages, enabling…
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+4.0
Hades
Players have freedom to choose weapons, boons, and playstyles each run, with meaningful decisions shaping gameplay and…
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+4.0
Vampire Survivors
Players control movement freely while attacks and upgrades happen automatically, allowing personal decision-making on…
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+4.0
Anime Music Quiz
Players freely choose game modes, settings, and can customize quizzes based on their anime list, allowing control over…
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+4.0
Bloodborne
Players have significant freedom to explore interconnected areas, choose weapons and playstyles, and discover secrets…
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+4.0
Final Fantasy XII
Players have significant control over character development via the License Board and can customize AI behavior through…
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+4.0
Make it Meme
Players freely create captions for memes within a time limit, choosing from multiple meme templates and deciding how to…
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+4.0
The World Ends with You
Players have significant control over their actions and decisions, including choosing pins, customizing combat styles…
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+4.0
Vintage Story
Players have high control over crafting, building, and survival strategies with detailed manual processes and freedom…
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+4.0
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Players have freedom to explore vast open-world environments, choose party leaders, customize skills and equipment, and…
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+4.0
Lethal Company
Players have freedom to explore, choose strategies, and roles (e.g. ship operator, looter), with emergent gameplay and…
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+4.0
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Players have freedom to choose plants and strategies, experiment with different setups and adapt to various levels and…
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+4.0
Schedule I
Players have freedom to choose how to run their drug empire, mix products, automate tasks, and explore the open world…
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
Players have significant freedom to explore the open world and choose their path, with many islands to visit and side…
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+4.0
Xenoblade Chronicles
Players have significant control over combat decisions, positioning, and exploration in a vast open world, with freedom…
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+4.0
R.E.P.O.
Players have freedom in movement, combat style, and strategic decisions during missions, with emergent gameplay and…
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+4.0
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Players have significant freedom in party building, class swapping, and combat roles, allowing control over strategies…
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+4.0
Balatro
Players have freedom to choose decks, jokers, and strategies, adapting their playstyle and pivoting builds mid-run.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike
Players have freedom to choose weapons, tactics, and playstyles; modding and custom servers enhance player control.
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+4.0
Deep Rock Galactic
Players freely choose classes, loadouts, difficulty levels, and play styles with many customization options and…
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+4.0
Don't Starve Together
Players have high freedom to choose characters, build bases, explore, and decide their own survival strategies.
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