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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
Slice of Sea
Players freely explore a large open world with many puzzles and areas to discover, choosing their own path and actions.
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+4.0
Strife: Veteran Edition
Players have freedom to explore interconnected hub worlds, make choices affecting story and endings, and decide how to…
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+4.0
Strikey Sisters
Players control character movement and attacks directly, with ability to choose paths on the world map and unlock…
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+4.0
Subspace Continuum
Players have freedom to choose ships, zones, and play styles; many customizations and modding options available.
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+4.0
Tailor Simulator
Players have freedom to choose how to run their shop, decide order priorities, and customize their store and clothing…
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+4.0
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets
Players freely explore and manipulate diorama worlds with intuitive controls and no strict routines.
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+4.0
The Invisible Hours
Players have freedom to explore the mansion, follow any character, and manipulate time (rewind, fast-forward, pause) at…
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+4.0
The Last Plague: Blight
Players have freedom to explore, craft, build, and choose play style (solo or co-op) with minimal hand-holding
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+4.0
White Lavender
Players can freely choose character builds, weapons, and playstyles with some freedom to explore areas in different…
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+4.0
Abyssus
Players can freely choose weapons, upgrades, and build styles with many customization options and meta progression.
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+4.0
Aim Hero
Players can customize settings extensively including sensitivity, FOV, crosshair, and game modes, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Anno 1800
Players have high control over city planning, resource management, and strategic decisions with freedom to build and…
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+4.0
BombTag
Players have freedom to move, place bombs, slide and kick bombs, and choose game modes and teams.
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+4.0
Coromon
Players have control over team composition, skill selection, and stat allocation, with customizable difficulty and…
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+4.0
Corsair Cove
Players have significant freedom to build vertically and design their own supply routes and production chains, allowing…
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+4.0
Crown Trick
Players can freely choose weapons, familiars, relics, and playstyles each run, adapting strategies and builds.
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+4.0
DayZ
Players have high freedom to explore, scavenge, build, and choose playstyle with minimal scripted constraints.
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+4.0
DEFCON
Players have full control over deployment and timing of nuclear strikes and unit movements, allowing personal strategic…
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+4.0
Feel The Snow
Players have freedom to explore, build, craft, and choose progression paths with minimal handholding.
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Players can customize controls, choose characters and playstyles freely, and decide between simple or technical inputs…
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+4.0
Hide and Shriek
Players freely choose tactics, spells, and strategies each match with random rune distribution requiring adaptation.
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+4.0
Knights and Merchants
Players have significant control over city building, resource management, and army composition, though some NPC workers…
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+4.0
LEGO® Party!
Players have freedom to customize characters extensively and choose mini-games via voting, plus strategic decisions on…
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+4.0
Magicka 2
Players have freedom to combine elements into spells and choose playstyle; some constraints on spell slots and…
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