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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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+4.0
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Players have significant freedom to imagine and summon items needed, choose skills, and approach puzzles and combat in…
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+4.0
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
Players have freedom to customize characters, choose skills, equipment, and tactical placement, with many adjustable…
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+4.0
Devil Daggers
Players have full control over movement, aiming, and strategy with no tutorials or hand-holding, emphasizing…
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+4.0
Dicevaders
Players have significant control over dice manipulation, build pivoting, and strategic decisions each turn.
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+4.0
Don't Starve Together
Players have high freedom to choose characters, build bases, explore, and decide their own survival strategies.
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+4.0
dotAGE
Players direct their own actions and decisions turn-by-turn with freedom to assign villagers and build strategically.
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+4.0
Dub Together
Players have freedom to create their own dubbing performances, choose characters, apply voice effects, and create…
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+4.0
Dungeon Alchemist
Players have high control over map creation, customizing rooms, objects, lighting, and exporting; AI assists but manual…
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+4.0
Dying Light
Players have high freedom to explore the open world, choose routes via parkour, and decide how to approach combat and…
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+4.0
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
Players can choose among four distinct classes with unique playstyles and freely select weapons and strategies…
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+4.0
Earthion
Players have meaningful control over ship upgrades, weapon choices, and difficulty settings, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Enter the Gungeon
Players choose from multiple characters and freely explore procedurally generated rooms with many weapon and item…
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+4.0
Eternal Afternoon
Players have freedom to explore the neighborhood, choose how to spend the limited time, and decide which secrets or…
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+4.0
Everhood
Players have freedom to explore the world, choose difficulty on the fly, and decide how to approach battles and endings.
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+4.0
EXAPUNKS
Players have high freedom to design their own code solutions and approaches to puzzles, with multiple ways to solve…
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+4.0
FINAL FANTASY IX
Players have freedom to explore the world, choose equipment and abilities, and engage in various side quests and…
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+4.0
Foolish Mortals
Players freely explore locations, solve puzzles with multiple approaches, and make decisions in a classic…
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+4.0
FOOTSIES Rollback Edition
Players have full control over movement and attacks with minimal mechanics, allowing freedom in decision-making despite…
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+4.0
FTL: Faster Than Light
Players have high control over ship systems, crew assignments, and tactical decisions during combat and exploration.
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+4.0
GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
Players have extensive control over tower placement, gem combinations, difficulty settings, and skill point allocation…
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+4.0
Gnomes
Players have freedom to place and move gnomes and buildings each round, and choose upgrades and relics, allowing high…
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+4.0
Halls of Torment
Players can experiment with many characters, builds, and item combinations, choosing which mutators and artifacts to…
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+4.0
Happy Wheels
Players have freedom to choose characters, vehicles, and create custom levels, allowing control over gameplay…
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+4.0
Hex of Steel
Players have freedom to customize units, create maps and scenarios, and choose various settings and strategies.
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