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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Play style 01
Players have high freedom to explore the open world, choose characters, and decide how to approach combat and puzzles.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Kingdom Two Crowns
Players have freedom to explore islands, choose building strategies, and decide when to advance; some accidental…
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+4.0
Moonstone Island
Players have freedom to explore many islands, choose their own pace, and decide how to engage with farming, combat…
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+4.0
Defunct
Players have freedom to choose paths and explore levels with multiple routes and approaches.
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+4.0
EXCALIBURIAN!!
Players can explore the world at their own pace and choose party members freely, with an open world and multiple paths.
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+4.0
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos
Players have freedom to explore a large open world, move their farm location, and choose activities at their own pace…
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+4.0
Windward
Players have freedom to choose factions, play styles (combat, trade, exploration), and customize ships and skills; open…
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+4.0
Grow Up
Players have freedom to explore a large open world planet, choose their own path, and use various abilities and plants…
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+4.0
LIFE EFFECT Survival
Players have freedom to explore, choose quests, craft, and develop their own strategies with companions and pets.
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+5.0
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships
Players have full freedom to choose their path, character, and playstyle in an open-world sandbox without forced linear…
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+4.0
Poi
Players freely explore large open levels with multiple paths and objectives, choosing their own routes and play style.
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+4.0
Teslagrad 2
Players have freedom to explore a large open world with multiple movement abilities and optional secrets, enabling…
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+4.0
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Players have freedom to explore the island, choose combat style, and upgrade skills and weapons, though some puzzle…
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+4.0
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Players freely choose characters and weapons, manage inventory, and decide strategies for rescuing neighbors and…
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+4.0
沉睡的法则 Things as They Are
Players have freedom to explore, interact with NPCs, choose leader characters affecting battle and interactions, and…
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Players have significant freedom to explore the overworld and dungeons at their own pace with minimal handholding or…
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+4.0
Crash Drive 2
Players can freely explore open maps, choose vehicles, and decide whether to participate in events or just drive around.
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+4.0
Kittenrock Cats - A Hidden Object Game
Players have freedom to explore the map, interact with many objects, and find cats and secrets at their own pace.
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+4.0
Quake II
Players have freedom to explore large interconnected maps, choose weapons and strategies, and use mods and custom…
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+4.0
Open World Game: the Open World Game
Players have freedom to explore the map and choose which objectives to complete in any order, reflecting high autonomy.
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+4.0
Starstruck: Hands of Time
Players have freedom to explore, interact with characters and objects, choose difficulty, and even use different…
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+4.0
Riven (1997)
Players freely explore a large open world and solve puzzles at their own pace with minimal guidance.
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+4.0
FEZ
Players have freedom to explore the large interconnected world at their own pace, choose which puzzles to solve and in…
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+4.0
Crypt
Players have freedom to explore the crypt, solve puzzles in various orders, and choose how to approach challenges…
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+4.0
Hyper Light Drifter
Players freely explore a non-linear world with minimal guidance and choose their own path and playstyle.
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