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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Autonomy + Strategy
A strong dose of autonomy and strategy in the same game.
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+4.0
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
Players create and customize their party, choose equipment, spells, and tactics freely, with meaningful decisions…
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+4.0
Genome Guardian
Players have freedom to build and customize weapons, turrets, and perks with many combinations and strategies, allowing…
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+4.0
Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX
Players have significant control over training, breeding, and battle strategies, with freedom to experiment and make…
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+4.0
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Players have significant control over political, economic, and diplomatic decisions shaping their nation's fate.
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+4.0
Race for the Galaxy
Players choose phases and cards freely each turn, requiring strategic decision-making and adaptation.
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+4.0
Shardpunk
Players choose characters, weapons, upgrades, and tactical approaches freely; multiple paths and strategies available.
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+4.0
Understand
Players have full control over their hypotheses and testing strategies, choosing which puzzles to solve and how to…
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+4.0
Aces & Adventures
Players can customize decks extensively and choose paths in story mode, showing strong control over actions and…
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+4.0
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Players have freedom to build, manage resources, and direct armies with pause and hotkeys, allowing control over…
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+4.0
Fidel Dungeon Rescue
Players have freedom to choose paths, experiment with moves, and decide strategies; game encourages self-directed…
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+4.0
Nonentity Galaxy
Players have significant control over fleet composition, ship placement, and strategy, with freedom to choose routes…
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+4.0
Sanctum
Players have freedom to build their own maze layouts, choose and upgrade towers and weapons, and decide personal combat…
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+4.0
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Players have extensive control over individual units including direct first- and third-person control, tactical…
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+4.0
Conquest of Elysium 5
Players have freedom to choose factions, strategies, and explore multiple planes with unique mechanics
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+4.0
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Players have extensive freedom in designing their pretender gods, choosing nations, customizing armies, and selecting…
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+4.0
Down with the Ship
Players have high freedom to customize ships, choose captains, trinkets, and build strategies with meaningful decisions.
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+4.0
Dream Tactics
Players have freedom to customize characters' decks and equipment, choose battle order, and explore areas non-linearly.
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+4.0
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Players have extensive freedom in customizing characters' classes, skills, and appearance, with no wrong builds and…
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+4.0
Heart of the Machine
Players have significant freedom to choose strategies, moral paths, and approaches to gameplay, shaping their own AI…
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+4.0
HighFleet
Players have significant control over strategic decisions, shipbuilding, and tactical combat maneuvers, requiring…
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+4.0
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
Players have significant control over unit selection, troop positioning, and tactical decisions in battle, with freedom…
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+4.0
Low Magic Age
Players have freedom to create and customize their party, choose quests, and explore the open world sandbox with many…
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+4.0
Pyrene
Players can choose characters, builds, and customize stats and difficulty modifiers, but some progression forces…
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+4.0
Rogue Voltage
Players have high control over their actions by wiring modules and customizing strategies each turn, enabling personal…
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