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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
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+5.0
Primitier
Players have full freedom to create and invent their own tools, machines, and structures with no rigid crafting recipes…
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+5.0
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Players have complete freedom to choose their own path, moral alignment, and playstyle in an open world.
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+5.0
PlanetSide 2
Players have full freedom to choose factions, classes, vehicles, weapons, and tactics in a large open world with no…
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+5.0
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Players have extensive freedom to create characters, choose playstyles, and solve quests in multiple ways.
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+5.0
The Captain
Players have freedom to choose their path, decisions, and playstyle including combat or avoidance, exploration or…
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+5.0
Silent Hunter® III
Players have full freedom to choose patrol routes, targets, and tactics; no forced linear missions.
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+5.0
Inverted Angel
Players input free-text responses to influence story branches, reflecting high personal control and freedom in…
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+5.0
Nauticrawl
Players must figure out how to operate the complex machine entirely on their own through trial and error, with no…
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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
X-COM: Apocalypse
Players have extensive freedom to direct their actions, including managing bases, choosing missions, raiding…
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+5.0
Dredgers
Players have extensive freedom to customize characters with many races, classes, and skill combinations, allowing…
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+5.0
Samurai Bringer
Players have extensive freedom to create and customize their own combos and movesets, with a modular skill system…
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+5.0
Dark Bestiary
Players have full freedom to customize builds, freely respec skills, talents, and attributes, and choose any…
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+5.0
Fallout 3
Open world with total freedom in problem solving and character choices, allowing players to direct their own actions…
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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
X4: Foundations
Players have full freedom to choose their playstyle, actions, and goals in a vast sandbox universe.
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+5.0
Mages of Mystralia
Players have full control over crafting and customizing their own spells, allowing personal freedom and creativity in…
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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
Elite Dangerous
Players have complete freedom to choose their own goals, career paths, and playstyles in a vast open galaxy without…
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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
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
Gladio Mori
Players have extensive control over their actions via a deep custom moveset editor allowing creation and modification…
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+5.0
Smack Studio
Players have extensive freedom to create and customize characters, moves, and animations with a powerful editor and…
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