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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Games where autonomy stands out from the other motivations.
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Sephiria
Players have significant control over builds, weapon upgrades, and inventory management, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Seraph's Last Stand
Players can freely choose builds, upgrades, hats, and staffs, experimenting with different strategies and synergies.
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+4.0
Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
Players have freedom to choose various strategies including diplomacy, espionage, economy, or military conquest, and…
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+4.0
Shelves and Sorcery: Tidy Up the Enchanted Shop
Players freely choose how to organize items, select modes, and use magic or manual sorting, allowing personal control…
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+4.0
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Players have freedom to choose upgrades, abilities, and play style with core and optional mechanics.
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+4.0
Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Players have significant freedom to choose interrogation approaches, question order, and moral decisions affecting…
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+4.0
SiNKR
Players freely experiment with puzzle mechanics and decide their own approach to solving levels without explicit…
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+4.0
SpeedRunners
Players have freedom to choose characters, maps, and use various power-ups and tactics to control their gameplay.
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
Players can freely switch between SpongeBob and Patrick on the fly, exploring levels and choosing how to approach…
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+4.0
STARIO: Haven Tower
Players have significant control over building placement, logistics design, and technology research, allowing for…
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+4.0
SteamWorld Heist
Players manually aim shots and choose team composition and tactics freely, emphasizing control over actions.
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+4.0
Sumerian Six
Players have freedom to plan and execute stealth tactics in multiple ways, with unique character abilities and…
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+4.0
Technobabylon
Players manage situations with multiple solution paths and control three distinct characters with different skills…
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+4.0
Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Players choose from multiple classes and traits, make strategic decisions on movement, crafting, and combat, with…
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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 Incident at Galley House
Players freely explore scenes, choose which clues to pursue, and decide how to piece together the mystery with minimal…
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+4.0
The Posthumous Investigation
Players have freedom to explore the city, choose investigation paths, and decide which leads to pursue within the time…
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+4.0
Thomas Was Alone
Players control multiple characters with unique abilities and can direct their actions freely to solve puzzles.
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+4.0
Tile Cities
Players freely choose where to place randomly given tiles, deciding how to build their city and manage resources.
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+4.0
Toree Saturn
Players have control over movement and can choose different routes and strategies to optimize speed and find secrets.
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+4.0
Touhou Witch's Night Market
Players have freedom to choose builds, items, and strategies each run, with multiple decision points and customization…
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+4.0
TR-49
Players freely explore and deduce codes and connections in a nonlinear archive system with minimal hand-holding.
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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
Trash of the Titans
Players choose characters, builds, and make tactical decisions freely; upgrade system involves strategic placement of…
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