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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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ENDLESS Legend™
Players have significant control over empire plans, tech choices, unit customization, and strategic decisions…
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+4.0
Settlement Survival
Players have significant control over settlement layout, tech research, and resource management, with sandbox mode…
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+4.0
Trash of the Titans
Players choose characters, builds, and make tactical decisions freely; upgrade system involves strategic placement of…
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+4.0
Age of Wonders Shadow Magic
Players have extensive control over their actions, including city building, unit recruitment, spellcasting, and…
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+4.0
Ascend From Nine Mountains
Players have high freedom to customize builds, combat stances, crafting techniques, and progression paths with many…
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+4.0
BATTLETECH
Players have significant control over mech customization, pilot development, mission choices, and strategic management…
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+4.0
Idle Wizard
Players can freely choose classes, pets, spells, gear, and playstyles, allowing personal control over progression and…
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+4.0
Inkbound
Players have freedom to choose characters, builds, and paths during runs with many customization options.
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+4.0
Let's! Revolution!
Players choose from multiple characters with distinct playstyles and make strategic decisions during runs, indicating…
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+4.0
Master of Orion 1
Players have broad control over empire management, research allocation, ship design, and strategic decisions with…
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+4.0
MOLEK-SYNTEZ
Players freely program emitters and choose reagents to solve puzzles with multiple solution approaches.
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+4.0
Skulls of the Shogun
Players have freedom to move units within a radius and choose strategic actions each turn, allowing personal decision…
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+4.0
Soulestination
Players have significant control over their actions, including build customization, equipment choices, and strategic…
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+4.0
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
Players can customize their character extensively and choose different tactical approaches, including solo play or team…
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+4.0
Beetleball
Players have freedom to choose beetle classes and playstyles, with a variety of abilities and movement techniques…
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+4.0
Darwin Project
Players have control over crafting choices, play style, and can even become the Director influencing the match…
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+4.0
Black Closet
Players direct their own actions and decisions as student council president, managing minions and choosing…
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+4.0
Descent: Legends of the Dark
Players make strategic decisions affecting story and gameplay; freedom in character builds and combat tactics.
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+4.0
Morphblade
Players have meaningful choices in tile placement and upgrades, directing their own strategy and adapting to random…
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+4.0
Nexus 5X
Players have freedom to choose factions, leaders, and strategies with asymmetric gameplay and multiple viable paths to…
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+4.0
OpenFront
Players have freedom to customize units, maps, and strategies with many choices in gameplay and diplomacy.
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+4.0
Quantum Protocol
Players can freely choose characters and decks for each mission and can modify their decks on the fly during battles…
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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
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
Players have extensive freedom to customize units, choose factions with unique ideologies, and direct complex…
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