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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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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Misty Judgment
Players make meaningful choices affecting story branches and endings, directing investigation and dialogue.
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+4.0
Monument Valley 2
Players freely manipulate the environment and control one or two characters to solve puzzles, allowing personal…
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+4.0
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE
Players have freedom to build and customize their own guns with many parts and configurations, making meaningful…
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+4.0
My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
Players freely choose where to drop fruits and decide their own strategies; multiple game modes and cosmetic…
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+4.0
Necesse
Players have freedom to choose playstyle, manage NPCs, build settlements, explore, and fight bosses at their own pace.
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+4.0
Ninja Kiwi Archive
Players can freely choose from a large variety of games and play styles within the archive, allowing self-directed…
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+4.0
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
Players have freedom to choose character stories order, customize jobs and party composition, and explore the world…
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+4.0
他人世界末 On-looker
Players make meaningful choices affecting narrative paths and endings, reflecting personal decisions rather than fixed…
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+4.0
Open World Game: the Open World Game
Players have freedom to explore the map and choose which objectives to complete in any order, reflecting high autonomy.
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+4.0
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Players have significant control over political, economic, and diplomatic decisions shaping their nation's fate.
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+4.0
Overlord™: Raising Hell
Players have significant control over their actions, commanding minions with various strategies and choices, including…
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+4.0
Parcel Simulator
Players start with manual control over all actions and decisions, gradually unlocking automation but still able to…
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+4.0
Pawperty Damage
Players can freely choose characters, tweak game modes, and import custom models, allowing personal control over…
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+4.0
PC Building Simulator
Players have freedom to choose parts, build PCs their way, and manage their own repair shop with many decisions.
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+4.0
Perennial Order
Players have freedom to explore the semi-open world and choose boss order; skill customization allows personal…
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+4.0
Plant Nursery Simulator
Players have freedom to manage their nursery at their own pace, customize store layout, and decide how to run…
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+4.0
Pocket Academy 3
Players have extensive control over school layout, student guidance, teacher assignments, and event planning, allowing…
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+4.0
Preserve
Players have freedom to place tiles, animals, and biomes strategically with multiple modes including creative sandbox…
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+4.0
Project Rhombus
Players freely control arrow direction to block incoming arrows, requiring personal decision and reaction.
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+4.0
Quilts and Cats of Calico
Players have freedom to choose strategies, customize cats, and select goals, indicating high autonomy.
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+4.0
Rampage Knights
Players can customize characters, choose classes, and make strategic decisions about items and combat style in each run.
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+4.0
Rapid Tap
Players freely choose when and how fast to tap, select skins and backgrounds, and set personal goals.
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+4.0
Redmatch 2
Players have freedom to customize match settings, create custom lobbies, and modify gameplay parameters, allowing…
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+4.0
Reverse: 1999
Players have freedom to choose characters, build teams, and explore story at their own pace with optional difficulty…
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