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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 + Growth
A strong dose of autonomy and growth in the same game.
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Hero's Hour
Players have freedom to choose factions, heroes, skills, army composition, and strategic decisions on the map.
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+4.0
IXION
Players have significant control over resource management, sector specialization, and strategic decisions such as when…
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+4.0
Le Mans Ultimate
Players have control over car setups, race strategies, and can adjust many parameters; some limitations in UI and…
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+4.0
Noble Fates
Players have high control over actions and decisions, including direct control of the ruler in third person and…
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+4.0
Oriental Empires
Players have significant control over empire building, city placement, research, edicts, and battle planning, though…
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+4.0
Receiver
Players have full control over detailed gun operations and decisions, requiring manual input for every action.
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+4.0
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Players have freedom to explore multiple islands in any order after acquiring a ship, choose faction paths, and…
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+4.0
Roguelands
Players can create characters with different races, classes, and stats, choose their own playstyle, and freely explore…
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+4.0
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Players have freedom to build their city layout, assign worker priorities, and choose difficulty settings including…
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+4.0
RPG MO
Players have freedom to choose their own goals, professions, and playstyle without forced linear progression.
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+4.0
SimRail - The Railway Simulator: Prologue
Players have significant control over train operations, including starting from cold, managing brakes, throttle, and…
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+4.0
SWORN
Players have freedom to choose from multiple characters, weapons, spells, and build paths, with flip mechanics and…
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+4.0
TrackMania² Canyon
Players have full control over their driving and can create and share their own tracks, showing high personal freedom…
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+4.0
Viscerafest
Players have freedom to choose movement style, weapons, and save point placement, encouraging personal decision-making…
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+4.0
ZEPHON
Players have freedom to choose leaders, tech paths, and playstyles with flexible faction and unit customization.
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+4.0
BLACKTAIL
Players have freedom to explore, choose morality paths, and unlock skills by exploration and decisions rather than…
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+4.0
Chrome Dino
Players have full control over timing of jumps and ducks with minimal game-imposed constraints.
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+4.0
Divinum
Players have freedom to choose combat style, build runes, and explore multiple paths with fast travel enabling flexible…
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+4.0
Dwarf Eats Mountain
Players have meaningful choices in upgrades, strategies, and resource management, encouraging experimentation and…
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+4.0
Fight School Simulator
Players manage their dojo with freedom to customize training philosophy, student development, and combat style…
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+4.0
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
Players have extensive freedom in character creation, skill customization, and tactical combat decisions, allowing…
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+4.0
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Players have extensive control over race creation, research paths, ship design, and strategic decisions, with many…
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+4.0
KallaX
Players have freedom to direct their own actions and roles in cooperative furniture assembly, with asymmetric…
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+4.0
Mushroom 11
Players control the organism indirectly by erasing parts to make it grow elsewhere, allowing creative and flexible…
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