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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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Outworld Station
Players have significant control over factory layout, resource management, and logistics with freedom to explore and…
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+4.0
Parallel Experiment
Players have control over their own character's actions and decisions, including dialogue choices and puzzle-solving…
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+4.0
Police Stories
Players can choose loadouts, tactics, and approach each mission with different strategies, including non-lethal or…
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+4.0
Qvadriga
Players make strategic decisions each turn about speed, lane changes, attacks, and defense, with freedom to choose…
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+4.0
Red Bow
Players have freedom to explore, solve puzzles without guidance, and make choices affecting multiple endings.
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+4.0
Rise of Gun
Players have freedom to craft guns with millions of combinations and manage their shop as they see fit, with…
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+4.0
RITE
Players have full control over their precise movements and timing, requiring mastery of jump heights and wall…
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+4.0
Salt 2: Shores of Gold
Players have freedom to explore vast procedurally generated ocean and islands, choose quests, craft, and customize…
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+4.0
Secret Files: Tunguska
Players control two characters and freely explore multiple locations, solving puzzles with item combinations and…
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+4.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Players have significant control over Lara's actions, including exploration, puzzle-solving, stealth, combat style, and…
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+4.0
Shelter 2
Players control a mother lynx with freedom to explore a large open world and make decisions about hunting and caring…
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+4.0
Slot & Dungeons
Players have meaningful control over symbol selection, build strategy, and character choice, influencing slot…
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+4.0
Soldat 2
Players have freedom to choose weapons, customize characters, and use various movement mechanics with high player…
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+4.0
Song of the Deep
Players have freedom to explore a large interconnected underwater world with backtracking and multiple upgrade paths…
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+4.0
Sorry! I surrounded beauty!
Players make meaningful branching choices that affect story outcomes and character relationships, steering the…
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+4.0
Space Run
Players freely choose ship modules and upgrade paths, and must adapt build and tactics on the fly during missions
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+4.0
Squirrel with a Gun
Players have freedom to explore, choose how to solve puzzles, and use guns creatively for movement and combat.
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+4.0
Starless Abyss
Players choose characters, build decks with strategic decisions on cards, ship upgrades, and rewards, allowing…
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+4.0
State of Decay
Players have freedom to explore open world, choose bases, switch characters, and make strategic decisions.
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+4.0
The Purge Dilemma
Players have freedom to make strategic decisions, bluff, vote, and manipulate others; gameplay centers on player-driven…
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+4.0
The Scarlet Demonslayer
Players control the protagonist's decisions and development, including how to regain power and use the succubus ring…
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+4.0
Til Nord
Players can freely explore an open world, choose missions or races, and ride at their own pace with minimal constraints.
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+4.0
Tomb Raider I (1996)
Players must explore and solve puzzles largely on their own without handholding or guidance, reflecting high player…
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+4.0
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
The game features non-linear level design with backtracking and item combination, allowing players to explore and solve…
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