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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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+5.0
Smack Studio
Players have extensive freedom to create and customize characters, moves, and animations with a powerful editor and…
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+5.0
Starship EVO
Players have extensive freedom to design and build ships, weapons, and mechanisms with highly flexible block scaling…
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+5.0
Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
Players have full freedom to ask any questions in their own words, directing investigations and conversations without…
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+5.0
Main Assembly
Players have full freedom to design and program their own vehicles and robots with a powerful freeform building system…
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+5.0
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Players have extensive freedom to customize races, ships, strategies, and empire management with no fixed path to…
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+5.0
Archean
Players have full control over building, programming, and setting their own goals without predefined missions.
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+5.0
Creator of Another World
Players have extensive freedom to choose their actions, roles, and playstyles, including creating and shaping the world.
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+5.0
ARMA: Cold War Assault
Players have freedom to choose approach, command squads, and create missions with the editor, reflecting high player…
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+5.0
The Matchless Kungfu
Players have high freedom to direct their own actions, build their own world map, choose playstyle, and make decisions…
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+5.0
Command Ops 2 Core Game
Players have full control over issuing orders at multiple command levels and can micromanage or delegate to AI…
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+5.0
La-Mulana
Players have total freedom to explore the vast ruins non-linearly and choose their own path and puzzle-solving approach.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Players have extensive freedom to choose character builds, quests, and playstyle with open world exploration and…
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+5.0
EVE Online
Players have full freedom to choose their own path, roles, and actions in a vast sandbox universe.
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+5.0
The RPG Engine
Highly modular and customizable; players and GMs have full control over map building, character creation, and game…
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+5.0
X2: The Threat
Players have almost complete freedom to choose their own goals, roles, and actions in a vast open universe.
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+5.0
Black Screen
Players have complete freedom to interpret and engage with the game as they wish, with no prescribed actions or goals.
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+5.0
Draw a Stickman: EPIC
Players create and redraw their own character and friend, freely drawing tools and objects to solve puzzles, indicating…
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+5.0
Hiiro
Players have complete freedom to explore the map in any order from the start without restrictions or gating.
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+5.0
Resonite
Players have extensive freedom to create, modify, and control their environment, avatars, and objects entirely in-game…
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+5.0
Evochron Legacy SE
Players have full freedom to explore, build, trade, fight, and customize ships and stations in a vast sandbox universe.
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+5.0
Star Ruler
Players have extensive freedom to design ships, customize empires, and set game parameters without forced playstyles.
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+5.0
Weird West: Definitive Edition
Players have extensive freedom to make choices, approach problems in multiple ways, and influence the game world…
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+5.0
5089: The Action RPG
Players have extensive freedom to choose playstyle, quests, and progression paths in a procedurally generated open…
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+5.0
AI Roguelite
Players have extensive freedom to direct their own actions, decisions, and story input in an open-ended AI-generated…
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