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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.
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Crop Rotation
Players have significant control over deck building, card selection, and strategy, including choosing difficulty and…
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+4.0
Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
Players have freedom to explore levels at their own pace, choose how to approach platforming challenges, and decide…
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+4.0
Divine Frequency
Players can choose among three distinct classes and customize builds, allowing personal playstyle and experimentation.
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+4.0
Earthworm Jim
Players have control over Jim's movements and actions including running, jumping, shooting, and using his worm body as…
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+4.0
Escape Goat 2
Players can choose different routes and approaches to puzzles, with some freedom to explore alternative solutions and…
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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
NanoApostle
Players can customize builds with various mods and choose different strategies for bosses, showing control over…
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+4.0
Nation Red
Players can freely choose characters, weapons, perks, and play styles each session, allowing personal 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
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Players have freedom to choose clans, strategies, and manage resources and territory expansion with multiple viable…
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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
PokéRogue
Players freely choose starters and build teams with strategic decisions under pressure, adapting to randomized…
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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
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
Trapper's Delight
Players freely place traps and choose strategies each round, directing their own actions and decisions.
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+4.0
UFC 2009 Undisputed
Players have significant control over fighter creation, fighting styles, and in-match decisions, reflecting high…
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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
VEIN
Players have extensive freedom to direct their own actions, customize skills, build bases anywhere, and modify the…
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+4.0
China: Mao's legacy
Players have significant control over political, economic, and diplomatic decisions shaping China's future, with…
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+4.0
CHRONO TRIGGER®
Players have freedom to explore multiple timelines, choose party members, and influence story outcomes with multiple…
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