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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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+5 Autonomy affinity
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+4.0
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Players can customize pronouns, appearance, sexuality, and make meaningful choices affecting story and endings…
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+4.0
Trizon
Players have significant control over deck construction and fusion choices, enabling personal strategy development and…
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+4.0
Yooka-Replaylee
Players have full access to all moves from the start and can explore levels freely without backtracking, indicating…
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+4.0
9-nine-:NewEpisode
The game is a kinetic visual novel with very limited player choices, mostly following a linear narrative with one early…
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+4.0
A Story Beside
Players make meaningful choices that affect the story and character relationships, shaping the protagonist's life and…
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+4.0
Bat to the Heavens
Players can experiment with multiple solutions to puzzles and freely explore movement mechanics, encouraging personal…
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+4.0
Beyond Shadowgate
Players have freedom to explore a large world, try different puzzle solutions, and choose their own path with multiple…
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+4.0
BRUTAL JOHN 2
Players can freely choose weapons, explore secrets, and switch between two characters with some gameplay variation.
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+4.0
Chroma Zero
Players freely explore and experiment with the world and puzzle mechanics with minimal handholding, enabling…
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+4.0
Crown Gambit
Players make meaningful choices affecting story and combat, but some character actions are influenced by ancestral…
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+4.0
Deified
Players have significant freedom to choose builds, relics, and paths during runs, adapting strategies dynamically.
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+4.0
DEPO : Death Epileptic Pixel Origins
Players have freedom to choose levels in any order, explore secrets at their own pace, and decide how to progress with…
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+4.0
GP Bikes
Players have extensive control over bike setup, mod installation, and riding style customization, reflecting high…
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+4.0
LAVALAMP
Players freely explore surreal environments with minimal direction or pressure, encouraging self-directed wandering and…
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+4.0
MicroTown
Players have freedom to build and plan their town layout, manage supply chains and research, with some limitations on…
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+4.0
Milthm
Players can freely choose any keys to hit notes, allowing personal control over input methods.
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+4.0
Momento
Players have high freedom to place items anywhere and choose momentos that shape the story path, with optional puzzle…
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+4.0
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered
Players experience a linear visual novel with limited player choice but strong narrative control over character…
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+4.0
Puttler
Players freely place and rotate shapes to solve puzzles with multiple possible solutions, allowing personal control…
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+4.0
qop 3
Players freely control the cube's movement in four directions with no handholding or forced routines.
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+4.0
Rhythm Witch: Beat Death
Players can choose different characters, modes (rhythm modes, auto attack, shooting), and build strategies, allowing…
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+4.0
She Remembered Caterpillars
Players freely control the movement and combination/splitting of colored creatures to solve puzzles, requiring personal…
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+4.0
SIC-1
Players have full control over programming solutions and optimization approaches, with freedom to design their own code…
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+4.0
The Indigo Parallel
Players have freedom to explore multiple branching paths and make meaningful choices that influence the game's…
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