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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
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Players have significant control over their character's actions, decisions, and development, with meaningful choices…
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+4.0
Idols of Ash
Players have freedom to choose their own path down the map and decide their own approach to grappling and movement.
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+4.0
Jackpot Crash Course
Players make meaningful choices affecting story routes, endings, and character interactions, indicating high personal…
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+4.0
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Players have control over their actions and decisions in combat and exploration, with some linear story progression but…
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+4.0
Melatonin
Players freely choose difficulty levels, use accessibility options, and create custom levels with an editor.
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+4.0
Rayman® Origins
Players have freedom to explore levels, choose characters and approach challenges with various abilities and routes.
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+4.0
Rusted Warfare - RTS
Players have freedom to build bases, choose units, and customize gameplay with mods, enabling personal strategies and…
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+4.0
Rusty Lake Paradise
Players freely explore the island, solve puzzles in various ways, and decide how to approach each plague chapter…
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+4.0
SCP – Containment Breach
Players have freedom to explore the procedurally generated facility, choose their own paths, and decide how to approach…
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+4.0
Super House of Dead Ninjas
Players choose weapons, upgrades, and playstyle freely with many unlockables and customization options.
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+4.0
Super Lesbian Animal RPG
Players have freedom to explore, choose party members, customize spellbooks, and make strategic combat decisions.
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+4.0
The Battle of Polytopia
Players freely choose tribes, strategies, map sizes, and game modes with many customization options.
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+4.0
The Swapper
Players have freedom to create clones and swap control among them to solve puzzles, allowing personal decision making…
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+4.0
The Talos Principle 2
Players have freedom to explore large open-world environments, choose puzzle order, and make story decisions.
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+4.0
Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
Players have freedom to choose cards and customize their runs, creating unique playstyles and strategies.
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+4.0
Turbo Dismount™
Players can freely customize characters, vehicles, maps, and obstacle placement, allowing personal control over…
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+4.0
UNDERDOGS
Players have freedom to customize mech builds, choose upgrades, and make strategic decisions in events, enabling…
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+4.0
Urbek City Builder: Prologue
Players have freedom to design and optimize city layout with organic growth and building upgrades based on placement.
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+4.0
Viewfinder
Players have freedom to experiment with the unique camera mechanic and solve puzzles in multiple ways, encouraging…
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+4.0
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie
Players have freedom to explore levels and choose how to roll up objects, with some new level gimmicks and…
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+4.0
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015
Players have significant control over tactics, player positioning, and in-match decisions, emphasizing personal skill…
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+4.0
Blood
Players control Caleb directly with freedom to choose weapons, tactics, and exploration paths in maze-like levels.
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+4.0
Axelay
Players freely select and customize their weapon loadout before each stage and can switch weapons dynamically during…
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+4.0
Braid
Players have control over time manipulation mechanics and can experiment with rewinding, slowing, or altering time to…
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