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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
Outlive 25
Players have significant control over economy, unit production, research, espionage, and strategic decisions…
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+4.0
Party Animals
Players can choose from many characters, maps, and game modes, and create custom games with friends, indicating high…
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+4.0
Pitfall!
Players freely choose routes and strategies to collect treasures and navigate tunnels, requiring personal…
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+4.0
Project Winter
Players have freedom to choose roles, strategies, and play styles including deception, survival, and combat.
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+4.0
Puck
Players have full control over stick handling, puck movement, and skating with a physics-based system allowing personal…
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+4.0
Standoff 2
Players have full control over aiming, movement, and strategy with no auto-aim or auto-shoot, allowing freedom in…
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+4.0
Starstruck: Hands of Time
Players have freedom to explore, interact with characters and objects, choose difficulty, and even use different…
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+4.0
The Lord of the Rings Online™
Players have freedom to choose classes, races, quests, and play solo or in groups; exploration and roleplay are…
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+4.0
Wizard101
Players choose their wizard school, spells, and playstyle freely, with many customization options and strategic choices.
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+4.0
A Bird Story
Players have limited control but can direct the boy's movement and simple actions, emphasizing personal agency within a…
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+4.0
All Quiet in the Trenches
Players make meaningful decisions managing their squad and balancing orders vs soldier welfare, showing high control…
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+4.0
Angvik
Players freely choose among multiple classes and manage their own equipment and strategies, with randomized enemy and…
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+4.0
Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
Players have freedom to build their own tile sets, choose artifacts, gadgets, and play styles; runs involve strategic…
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+4.0
Arid
Players have freedom to explore, choose survival strategies, and decide when and where to craft and repair, with no…
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+4.0
东方栖霞园 ~ Blue devil in the Belvedere.
Players have control over character choice and strategic use of the Power Overwhelming mechanic, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Broken Universe - Tower Defense
Players have significant freedom to choose base location, tower placement, and strategy, shaping enemy paths and…
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+4.0
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Players can choose from multiple characters and games, adjust difficulty and settings, and play offline or online…
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+4.0
Company of Heroes 2
Players have high control over unit positioning, tactics, and strategic decisions in real-time battles, with diverse…
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+4.0
Cosmic Express
Players freely choose which levels to play from a non-linear map and can decide their own approach to solving puzzles.
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+4.0
Cosmodread
Players have freedom to explore procedurally generated ship layouts, choose weapons, craft items, and decide strategies.
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+4.0
COVEN
Players have freedom to choose weapons, spells, and combat strategies, including resource management and tactical…
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+4.0
Crashday Redline Edition
Players can freely choose cars, customize and tune them, create and modify tracks with an editor, and select various…
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+4.0
Croakoloco
Players can actively control frogs in Froggy Mode and choose breeding strategies, showing high personal control and…
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+4.0
Crypt
Players have freedom to explore the crypt, solve puzzles in various orders, and choose how to approach challenges…
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