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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
Secrets of Grindea
Players have freedom to customize characters, choose skills and builds, respec anytime, and decide playstyle.
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+4.0
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
Players have freedom to explore levels, find keys and secrets, and choose weapons and tactics.
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+4.0
ShapeHero Factory
Players have significant control over factory building, unit production, and strategic decisions during runs, including…
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+4.0
Shenmue I & II
Players have freedom to explore, interact with NPCs, and choose how to spend their time, though story progression is…
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+4.0
Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel
Players make meaningful choices affecting story paths, character relationships, and mission selection, showing high…
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+4.0
Skewer Squad
Players have control over moving skewers and choosing food builds, allowing strategic decisions and active gameplay.
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+4.0
Stacking
Players control the smallest doll and can choose which larger dolls to stack into and use their unique abilities…
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+4.0
STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
Players have freedom to explore complex levels, solve puzzles, and choose weapons; gameplay involves active…
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+4.0
STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Players have freedom to explore complex levels, solve puzzles, and choose weapons; no hand-holding or forced routines.
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+4.0
STARWHAL
Players control their narwhal's movement and attacks with precise but challenging physics-based controls, allowing…
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+4.0
Station to Station
Players have freedom to plan and build train routes and stations with multiple solutions and optional challenges…
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+4.0
Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Players have control over their clone's movements and decisions, including timing, stealth approach, and use of gadgets…
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+4.0
Storm Chasers
Players have freedom to choose play style (storm chaser or tornado), explore open world, and decide how to approach…
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+4.0
Strife: Veteran Edition
Players have freedom to explore interconnected hub worlds, make choices affecting story and endings, and decide how to…
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+4.0
Sudeki
Players can switch freely between four characters with different combat styles and abilities, exploring the world and…
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+4.0
Super Meat Boy 3D
Players can freely choose characters with unique abilities and decide their own pace and strategies for levels and…
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+4.0
Super Win the Game
Players have freedom to explore a large open world and choose their own path to find secrets and power-ups, with…
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+4.0
Superfighters Deluxe
Players have freedom to choose their fighting style, create custom maps with scripting, and customize characters…
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+4.0
Superfly
Players can freely choose and combine different superpowers for each hand and experiment with various movement and…
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+4.0
Supreme Commander
Players have significant control over strategic decisions, unit production, and tactics, with freedom to build bases…
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+4.0
TerraScape
Players can choose which card decks to use and place buildings strategically on a fixed map, allowing significant…
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+4.0
The Blackwell Legacy
Players direct investigation by choosing dialogue options and combining clues in a notebook, showing control over…
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+4.0
The Confines Of The Crown
Players make meaningful choices shaping the story and alliances, reflecting strong personal agency of the protagonist.
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+4.0
The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk
Players can switch between three characters with unique abilities, freely exploring and solving puzzles at their own…
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