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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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X3: Terran Conflict
Players have absolute freedom to choose their own path, actions, and strategies in a vast sandbox universe.
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+5.0
Banquet for Fools
Players are thrust into a mysterious world with no handholding, no quest markers, and must take their own notes and…
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+5.0
Children of a Dead Earth
Players have full control over ship and module design, orbital maneuvers, and tactical decisions, reflecting high…
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+5.0
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Players have full control over city planning, zoning, terraforming, and regional management with extensive modding…
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+5.0
Screeps: World
Players write their own AI scripts to control all actions autonomously, with full freedom to design behavior.
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+5.0
X-COM: Apocalypse
Players have extensive freedom to direct their actions, including managing bases, choosing missions, raiding…
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+5.0
Albion Online
Players have full freedom to choose their own path, playstyle, and activities without fixed classes or linear quests.
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+5.0
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena
Players fully design and program their bots' AI logic, controlling their actions and decisions without direct…
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+5.0
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete
Players have full control over any of 175 nations, directing economy, diplomacy, military, and technology with freedom…
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+5.0
Age of Wonders 4
Players have extensive freedom to customize races, leaders, spells, and playstyles, allowing highly personal and unique…
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+5.0
Command: Modern Operations
Players have full control over unit actions, mission planning, and rules of engagement, with extensive freedom to…
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+5.0
X4: Foundations
Players have full freedom to choose their playstyle, actions, and goals in a vast sandbox universe.
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+5.0
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Players have extensive control over tower selection, map tile placement, and path creation, allowing highly…
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+5.0
Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered
Players have great freedom to explore the world, choose quests in any order, and develop characters with non-linear…
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+5.0
变量 Variables
Players have full control over building the maze, placing spawn points, towers, and upgrading paths, allowing high…
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+5.0
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Players have full freedom to choose races, classes, playstyles, and make meaningful decisions affecting gameplay and…
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+5.0
Erannorth Chronicles
Players have extensive freedom to create and customize characters, choose decks, and set game modes, enabling full…
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+5.0
Europa Universalis III Complete
Players have full control over their nation's decisions, policies, and strategies with freedom to shape history.
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+5.0
Star Traders: Frontiers
Players have full freedom to choose playstyle, character build, ship upgrades, and missions, creating their own path in…
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+5.0
The Age of Decadence
Players have full control over character build, playstyle, and decision-making with multiple distinct paths and endings.
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+5.0
Space Empires IV Deluxe
Players have extensive freedom to customize races, ships, strategies, and empire management with no fixed path to…
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+5.0
ARMA: Cold War Assault
Players have freedom to choose approach, command squads, and create missions with the editor, reflecting high player…
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+5.0
Command Ops 2 Core Game
Players have full control over issuing orders at multiple command levels and can micromanage or delegate to AI…
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+5.0
La-Mulana
Players have total freedom to explore the vast ruins non-linearly and choose their own path and puzzle-solving approach.
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