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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Autonomy + Experimenting
A strong dose of autonomy and experimenting in the same game.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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Banquet for Fools
Players are thrust into a mysterious world with no handholding, no quest markers, and must take their own notes and…
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+5.0
BLACKSHARD
Players have full freedom to explore the vast labyrinth at their own pace with minimal guidance and no linear…
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+5.0
Rising World
Players have extensive freedom to build, craft, explore, and shape the world with few constraints.
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+5.0
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Players have full control over city planning, zoning, terraforming, and regional management with extensive modding…
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+5.0
The Black Watchmen
Players have full control over their actions, decisions, and level of immersion, including optional real-world…
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+5.0
X-COM: Apocalypse
Players have extensive freedom to direct their actions, including managing bases, choosing missions, raiding…
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+5.0
Albion Online
Players have full freedom to choose their own path, playstyle, and activities without fixed classes or linear quests.
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+5.0
Out of Ore
Players have full freedom to choose their own mining paths, build custom mines, and operate various heavy machinery…
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+5.0
VRChat
Players have full freedom to choose avatars, worlds, and social interactions, creating their own experiences.
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+5.0
Fallout 3
Open world with total freedom in problem solving and character choices, allowing players to direct their own actions…
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+5.0
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete
Players have full control over any of 175 nations, directing economy, diplomacy, military, and technology with freedom…
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+5.0
Manyland
Players have full freedom to create, customize, and explore with no fixed objectives or constraints.
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+5.0
M.A.S.S. Builder
Players have extensive freedom to customize mechs and weapons in great detail, with many options and tuning…
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+5.0
Command: Modern Operations
Players have full control over unit actions, mission planning, and rules of engagement, with extensive freedom to…
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+5.0
Soundboxing
Players can create their own beatmaps and choose any YouTube song, allowing full control over gameplay experience.
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+5.0
Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator
Players have full control over ride operation, customization of colors, lights, music, and effects, with freedom to set…
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+5.0
Worlds Adrift Island Creator
Players have full freedom to create and customize islands with extensive tools, expressing personal creativity without…
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+5.0
Voxel Turf
Players have extensive freedom to build, choose playstyles, and direct their own actions in an open sandbox.
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+5.0
X4: Foundations
Players have full freedom to choose their playstyle, actions, and goals in a vast sandbox universe.
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+5.0
Everything
Players can freely choose to become and control any object or creature in the universe, exploring at their own pace…
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+5.0
FlowScape
Players have full freedom to create and modify scenes with extensive tools and customization options.
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+5.0
Elite Dangerous
Players have complete freedom to choose their own goals, career paths, and playstyles in a vast open galaxy without…
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+5.0
Epigraph
Players have full control over their actions and decisions with no handholding or validation; they must direct their…
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+5.0
RetroSpace
Players have extensive freedom to choose their approach, explore multiple routes, and solve problems creatively without…
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