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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Focused on autonomy
Games where autonomy stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Garden Paws
Players have freedom to choose activities, play style, character, and pace without pressure or forced progression.
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+4.0
Gary Grigsby's War in the East
Players have extensive control over operational decisions, unit movements, supply management, and strategic planning…
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+4.0
Ghost of Yotei
Players have freedom to explore the open world organically with minimal UI guidance, using environmental cues like wind…
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+4.0
Golden Swirl
Players have significant control over deckbuilding, card play order, timing, positioning, and character customization…
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+4.0
Grail
Players have significant control over deck building, card upgrades, and strategic decisions; however, card play order…
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+4.0
Graphwar
Players have full control over their actions by creating custom mathematical functions to determine projectile…
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+4.0
Grounded
Players have freedom to explore, build, craft, and choose playstyle with adjustable difficulty and custom settings.
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+4.0
Hearts of Iron IV
Players have extensive control over nation decisions, strategies, unit design, and diplomatic choices, enabling high…
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+4.0
Heaven Dust 2
Players have freedom to explore, solve puzzles, choose combat tactics, and manage inventory with multiple weapon…
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+4.0
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Players have freedom to choose loadouts, strategies, and coordinate team actions, though missions have preset…
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+4.0
Hellsinker.
Players have full control over character choice and complex move sets, requiring personal mastery and decision-making.
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+4.0
hexceed
Players can customize difficulty settings, choose to enable hardcore mode, and decide how to approach puzzles with or…
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+4.0
Hogwarts Legacy
Players have freedom to explore Hogwarts and surrounding areas, customize characters, choose spells, and make some…
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+4.0
Holdfast: Nations At War
Players have freedom to choose factions, classes, roles, and play styles including roleplay and chaotic or regimented…
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+4.0
Honkai: Star Rail
Players have freedom to build teams, choose strategies, and manage resources with multiple character and equipment…
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+4.0
Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
Players have freedom to design and customize their garden and habitats with creative choices and pacing.
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+4.0
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Players create and control an entire party of six characters from scratch, customizing classes, stats, and gear…
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+4.0
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Players have freedom to explore large open areas, choose stealth or combat approaches, and solve puzzles with multiple…
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+4.0
Joyquarium
Players have freedom to customize aquariums extensively and choose how to manage fish feeding (manual or auto)…
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+4.0
Katanaut
Players have freedom to choose weapons, skills, and playstyles each run, with build experimentation encouraged.
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+4.0
LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga
Players have freedom to explore open-world planets, choose characters from 300+ options, and decide play order of…
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+4.0
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
Players can freely explore a large open world, choose characters, and decide how to approach puzzles and quests.
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+4.0
Melvor Idle
Players can freely choose which skills to train and how to progress, with multiple playstyles and game modes allowing…
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+4.0
NEO Scavenger
Players have freedom to choose skills, playstyles, and approaches to survival and combat, with many emergent options.
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