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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Players have freedom to choose how to move, solve puzzles, and explore with multiple approaches to tasks.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Microsoft Mahjong
Players freely choose difficulty levels, tile sets, backgrounds, and can decide their own pace and strategies.
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+4.0
Wordle 3
Players freely choose categories and solve puzzles at their own pace without time limits or forced routines.
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+4.0
Kneedle Knight
Players have freedom to create fabric pathways and choose how to navigate puzzles and platforming challenges, allowing…
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+4.0
I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
Players have freedom to solve puzzles in multiple ways and express their own approach within the VR environment.
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+4.0
Paint it Back
Players freely choose puzzles, difficulty levels, and can solve puzzles in any order with multiple modes and workshop…
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+4.0
EMUUROM
Players have freedom to explore, experiment, and discover secrets at their own pace without forced linear progression…
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+4.0
Istanbul: Digital Edition
Players have control over their movement and strategy, choosing routes and actions freely on a modular board.
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+4.0
My Sticker Book
Players freely move stickers to solve puzzles and decide how to progress through rooms.
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+4.0
Super Mario 64 DS
Players can freely choose among four characters with unique abilities and switch between them to solve puzzles and…
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+4.0
Access Denied
Players freely explore and manipulate puzzle boxes with no explicit guidance, requiring self-directed problem solving.
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+4.0
Tetris Blast
Players have control over piece placement, bomb usage, and strategic planning in multiple modes, including puzzle…
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+4.0
The Jackbox Party Pack 11
Players have freedom to create prompts, sounds, drawings, and answers, with multiple games encouraging personal input…
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+4.0
Nyaruru Fishy Fight
Players have freedom to explore large interconnected maps and choose when and how to progress; multiple endings and…
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+4.0
Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies
Players have freedom to roleplay, choose actions like pranks, tasks, and social interactions with few fixed routines.
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+4.0
Promenade
Players have freedom to explore large interconnected worlds, choose which cog parts to collect, and solve puzzles in…
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+4.0
Closure
Players have freedom to manipulate light sources and explore multiple solutions to puzzles, showing high control over…
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+4.0
Cultist Simulator
Players have high freedom to experiment, choose goals, and direct their own actions without tutorials or handholding.
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+4.0
Order of the Sinking Star
Players freely explore a large non-linear overworld and choose puzzles to solve in any order, with multiple mechanics…
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+4.0
Braid
Players have control over time manipulation mechanics and can experiment with rewinding, slowing, or altering time to…
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+4.0
OneShift
Players can freely choose characters and decide how to solve puzzles with multiple approaches and world-shifting…
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+4.0
Chaos on Deponia
Players can choose the order of puzzle solving and explore multiple locations freely, with some puzzles allowing…
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+4.0
Jigsaw Puzzles Infinite
Players have high control over puzzle selection, piece arrangement, and can import their own images, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Shrimp
Players freely click and decide when to engage; minimal constraints and no forced routines.
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+4.0
SiNKR
Players freely experiment with puzzle mechanics and decide their own approach to solving levels without explicit…
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