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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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+4.0
God of War II
Players control Kratos with freedom to choose combat styles, weapons, and use magic abilities; includes platforming and…
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+4.0
Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition
Players have immense freedom to choose actions, missions, and play styles in both single-player and online modes.
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+4.0
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Players have freedom to choose characters, karts, and customize parts; multiple modes and difficulty settings allow…
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+4.0
SSX Tricky
Players have significant control over their actions, choosing characters, tricks, routes, and play styles with dynamic…
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+4.0
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Players have significant control over unit selection, hero development, and strategic decisions, though some…
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+4.0
Portal
Players have freedom to solve puzzles in various ways using portals, encouraging self-directed problem solving.
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+5.0
Second Life
Players have complete freedom to create, explore, socialize, and define their own goals without preset objectives or…
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+4.0
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Players have significant control over unit selection, strategic decisions, and base building, with freedom to direct…
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+4.0
Bully
Players have freedom to choose missions, explore the school and town, attend or skip classes, and decide how to…
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+4.0
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Players have significant freedom to explore the castle non-linearly and choose their own path, weapons, and abilities.
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+4.0
Demon's Souls
Players have freedom to choose character classes, build customization, and tackle the five worlds in any order…
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+4.0
Mario Kart World
Players have freedom to explore a large open world in Free Roam mode and choose various racing styles and characters…
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+4.0
Mass Effect Trilogy
Players have significant control over character creation, moral choices, and decision-making that affect the story and…
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+4.0
Oxide: Survival Island
Players have freedom to choose playstyle, build bases, craft, explore, and decide between solo or clan play.
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Players have significant freedom to explore Hyrule at their own pace, choose how to approach puzzles and quests, and…
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+4.0
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Players have extensive control over driving style, business management, truck customization, and gameplay settings…
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+4.0
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Players have extensive control over character choice, match settings, items, stages, and custom stages, enabling…
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+4.0
Hades
Players have freedom to choose weapons, boons, and playstyles each run, with meaningful decisions shaping gameplay and…
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+4.0
Vampire Survivors
Players control movement freely while attacks and upgrades happen automatically, allowing personal decision-making on…
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+4.0
Anime Music Quiz
Players freely choose game modes, settings, and can customize quizzes based on their anime list, allowing control over…
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+4.0
Bloodborne
Players have significant freedom to explore interconnected areas, choose weapons and playstyles, and discover secrets…
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+4.0
Make it Meme
Players freely create captions for memes within a time limit, choosing from multiple meme templates and deciding how to…
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+4.0
Vintage Story
Players have high control over crafting, building, and survival strategies with detailed manual processes and freedom…
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+4.0
Lethal Company
Players have freedom to explore, choose strategies, and roles (e.g. ship operator, looter), with emergent gameplay and…
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