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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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+5 Autonomy affinity
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+4.0
Hungry Horrors
Players have significant control over deck building, ingredient management, and strategic decisions in combat and…
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+4.0
Ken ga Kimi
Players make meaningful choices affecting story branches and endings, reflecting personal freedom in narrative…
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+4.0
Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator
Players freely choose answers to questions that shape their survival profile, reflecting personal decision-making and…
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+4.0
NanoApostle
Players can customize builds with various mods and choose different strategies for bosses, showing control over…
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+4.0
Normal Golf Game
Players have significant control over multiple aspects of their golf shots including swing, stance, aim, club face…
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+4.0
One Way: The Elevator
Players freely explore each floor and solve puzzles independently without forced routines or linear questing.
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+4.0
Paradigm
Players freely explore environments, interact with many objects, and choose dialogue options with multiple interaction…
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+4.0
PEPPERED: an existential platformer
Players make meaningful choices that affect story branches and endings, with no fail states and permanent consequences…
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+4.0
qop 2
Players control the cube's movement freely with arrow keys/WASD, planning moves to solve puzzles.
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+4.0
Racket: Nx
Players have control over their shots, spin, power, and strategies; game supports personal skill development and choice…
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+4.0
Rainy Season
Players have freedom to explore the house at their own pace and choose how long to play (20, 40, or 60 minutes), with…
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+4.0
Repella Fella
Players make numerous meaningful choices affecting story outcomes and gameplay paths, reflecting high personal control…
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+4.0
Rogue
Players make their own decisions about exploration, combat, and item use in a procedurally generated dungeon with no…
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+4.0
Social Democracy: An Alternate History
Players have significant control over political decisions, alliances, and strategies, influencing event outcomes and…
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+4.0
Tennis Elbow 2013
Players have extensive control over shot placement, player positioning, and skill customization, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Tidy Up the Flower Shop
Players freely choose how to organize and decorate the flower baskets with color customization, no forced routines or…
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+4.0
Tonight We Riot
Players control a mob leader and direct the crowd's actions, choosing weapons and tactics freely.
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+4.0
Trapper's Delight
Players freely place traps and choose strategies each round, directing their own actions and decisions.
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+4.0
Tunnet
Players have freedom to design and optimize their own network layouts and strategies, experimenting with routing and…
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+4.0
Uncover the Smoking Gun
Players have high freedom to direct their own investigations and interrogations through freeform AI chat rather than…
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+4.0
VOI
Players freely manipulate shapes to solve puzzles with no fixed routines or forced paths.
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
Players can choose between two distinct characters with unique abilities and weapons, and select different mission…
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+4.0
A Simple job
Players freely experiment with choices and actions, exploring multiple endings and outcomes with minimal constraints.
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+4.0
Approaching Infinity
Players have extensive freedom to choose playstyle, ship upgrades, crew skills, and exploration paths.
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