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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Play style 01
Players have high freedom to explore the open world, choose characters, and decide how to approach combat and puzzles.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
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+4.0
TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight
Players freely explore open towns and choose their own path to collect items and progress, with minimal hand-holding.
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+4.0
The Mildew Children
Players have freedom to explore the village, make dialogue choices affecting relationships and story outcomes, and…
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+4.0
Ten Bells
Players freely explore the pub environment to spot anomalies and decide when to retreat or proceed, allowing control…
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+4.0
Splendor
Players freely choose cards and strategies each turn, with multiple viable paths to victory.
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+4.0
Platformines
Players freely explore a large randomly generated map with choice of paths and strategies.
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+4.0
Initial Drift Online
Players have freedom to tune cars, choose racing style, and explore open world maps with self-directed goals.
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+4.0
Beat Hazard 3
Players have freedom to choose music, customize ships, and explore galaxies with personal decisions.
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+4.0
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Open world gameplay with freedom to choose missions, approach destruction creatively, and use various weapons and…
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+4.0
Port Royale 3
Players can freely choose to be trader, pirate, or adventurer and decide their own strategies for trade routes, combat…
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+4.0
Samorost 3
Players freely explore multiple planets and solve puzzles at their own pace with non-linear progression and optional…
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+4.0
X: Beyond the Frontier
Players have freedom to explore, trade, build factories and stations, and choose their own path including ignoring the…
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+4.0
Soul Searching
Players freely navigate their raft, choose which islands to explore, manage survival needs, and make story-related…
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+4.0
Odallus: The Dark Call
Players can choose their path through multiple levels with branching routes and secret exits, enabling exploration and…
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+4.0
Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game
Players have freedom to explore levels, choose which dogs to photograph, and how to interact with them (petting…
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+4.0
Far Cry®
Players can choose different paths and approaches to missions, including stealth or direct combat, and use various…
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+4.0
Songbringer
Players can explore the world and dungeons in any order, with procedural generation and item combinations allowing…
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+4.0
Surf
Players have freedom to explore open-ended levels, choose their approach, and customize characters and gear, especially…
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+4.0
Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic
Players have freedom to explore maps, interact with many objects, and create their own maps with a detailed editor.
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+4.0
Trauma
Players freely explore dream worlds at their own pace, choosing where to go and which symbols to draw to interact.
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+4.0
Super Mario Odyssey
Players have freedom to explore large open kingdoms with multiple paths and approaches, and can choose when and how to…
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+4.0
Prodigal
Players freely explore the world, choose which dungeons and side quests to pursue, and decide on romance options, with…
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+4.0
Bad Guys at School
Players have freedom to cause chaos, choose missions, and experiment with various tools and actions in an open sandbox…
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+4.0
Castle In The Darkness
Players freely explore a large nonlinear map with many secrets and choose their own path and equipment; backtracking…
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+4.0
Parkan 2
Players have significant freedom to choose roles (trader, pirate, colonizer), explore many star systems, and decide…
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