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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 + Strategy
A strong dose of autonomy and strategy in the same game.
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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
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
Abyssus
Players can freely choose weapons, upgrades, and build styles with many customization options and meta progression.
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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
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
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Players have significant control over city building, survivor management, faction diplomacy, and strategic decisions.
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+4.0
Stardeus
Players have significant control over ship design, resource management, research, and playstyle choices including…
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+4.0
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Players manage survivors with indirect control, setting priorities and tasks but not direct control except in combat.
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+4.0
Styx: Master of Shadows
Players can choose multiple paths and approaches to stealthily complete objectives, with skill upgrades allowing…
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+4.0
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
Players have freedom to choose abilities (hacks), weapons, and playstyles, mixing and matching cores and perks to…
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+4.0
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Players have high freedom to choose mission order, approach, and playstyle including stealth or assault.
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+4.0
Astronomics
Players have freedom to choose mining strategies, equipment, and upgrades; gameplay involves planning and…
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+4.0
Backpack Dungeon
Players have significant control over item placement, backpack expansion, and build optimization, encouraging personal…
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+4.0
Blackwake
Players have freedom to choose roles (captain or crew), decide actions such as repairing, pumping, firing, boarding…
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+4.0
Diggles: The Myth of Fenris
Players set tasks but dwarves act semi-autonomously deciding how and when to perform them, reflecting high player…
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+4.0
DOG WITCH
Players have freedom to customize their dog witch and choose different builds and upgrades each run, adapting to RNG…
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+4.0
Dungeon Antiqua
Players have freedom to build parties from multiple classes, experiment with party composition, and choose exploration…
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+4.0
Eryi's Action
Players freely explore levels and decide how to approach traps and puzzles, requiring personal problem solving and…
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+4.0
Eufloria HD
Players have freedom to choose strategies, pace, and manage seedlings and asteroids with new controls and mechanics.
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+4.0
False Myth
Players make strategic choices in combat and daily activities, managing resources and relationships with freedom.
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