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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 + Growth
A strong dose of autonomy and growth in the same game.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
The Longest Game Ever 2
Players have significant control over their actions and decisions, encouraged to experiment and find their own…
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+4.0
Tux Typing
Players freely choose game modes, difficulty levels, and custom word lists, allowing control over learning pace and…
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+4.0
Venge.io
Players freely choose heroes, weapons, and abilities, allowing personal control over playstyle and tactical decisions.
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+4.0
Word Bomb
Players freely choose words containing given letter prompts under time pressure, allowing personal decision-making and…
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+4.0
Worldle
Players freely choose their guesses and strategies to identify countries based on silhouettes and directional clues.
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+5.0
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Players have complete freedom to explore the open world and choose their own path, with minimal forced guidance or…
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+5.0
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The game offers enormous player freedom with multiple ways to solve puzzles, explore, and approach combat using new…
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+5.0
Stardew Valley
Players have full freedom to choose their activities, pace, farm design, relationships, and play style without pressure…
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+5.0
Terraria
Players have full freedom to explore, build, fight bosses, and choose their own progression path without forced…
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+5.0
RimWorld
Players have full control over colony management, building, research, and decision-making, with freedom to choose…
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+5.0
BeamNG.drive
Players have extensive freedom to customize vehicles, choose maps, create scenarios, and experiment with physics…
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+5.0
Mount & Blade: Warband
Players have full freedom to choose their path, actions, and playstyle in a sandbox world without fixed storyline…
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+5.0
Subnautica
Players have full freedom to explore, choose their own path, and make decisions about crafting, base building, and…
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+5.0
Dishonored
Players have full freedom to choose playstyle, paths, lethal or non-lethal approaches, and use powers or not.
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+5.0
Don't Starve
Players have high freedom to explore, craft, build bases, and choose their own survival strategies in a procedurally…
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+5.0
Super Mario 64
Players have freedom to explore levels in any order and choose which missions to pursue, with minimal forced…
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+5.0
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Players have extensive freedom to customize characters, choose playstyles, and solve quests in multiple ways.
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+5.0
Ultimate Custom Night
Players have full control to customize their experience by selecting animatronics and difficulty levels.
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+5.0
Super Mario Maker 2
Players have extensive freedom to create their own levels with a robust and intuitive editor, including many…
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+5.0
Cities: Skylines
Players have full control over city planning, road design, zoning, policies, and mod customization, enabling high…
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+5.0
Besiege
Players have full freedom to design and build any machine they imagine with no preset constraints except optional size…
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+5.0
Noita
Players have full control over wand building, spell crafting, and exploration with no handholding or guided progression.
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+5.0
Blade and Sorcery
Players have full freedom to choose playstyle, weapons, magic, and mods, creating their own combat experience.
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+5.0
Streets of Rogue
Players have extensive freedom to choose characters, playstyles, and approaches to missions with multiple viable…
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