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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 + Experimenting
A strong dose of autonomy and experimenting in the same game.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Moto x3m
Players have control over acceleration, braking, and bike tilt, allowing personal decision-making and experimentation…
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+4.0
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Players have freedom to choose partners, badges, and combat strategies; exploration involves using unique paper-based…
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+4.0
Pokémon Pokopia
Players have freedom to explore multiple biomes in any order, build and customize habitats and structures creatively…
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+4.0
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Players have significant control over weapon choice, upgrades, tactics, and exploration paths, with many customization…
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+4.0
Saros
Players have significant control over their actions, including weapon choice, skill tree upgrades, and tactical…
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Players have significant control over time manipulation, exploration, and mask usage, enabling personal decision-making…
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Players have freedom to explore the world, solve puzzles in multiple ways, and choose when to engage in side quests and…
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+4.0
Bloons TD 6
Players have freedom to choose towers, upgrade paths, heroes, and strategies, allowing personal control over gameplay…
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+4.0
Slime Rancher
Players have freedom to explore, choose how to manage their ranch, breed slimes, and decide their own playstyle without…
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+4.0
Black Myth: Wukong
Players can switch between multiple combat stances and builds at resting points, allowing flexible playstyles and…
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+4.0
Ōkami
Players have freedom to explore, choose weapons, and use brush techniques creatively to solve puzzles and combat.
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+4.0
Palworld
Players have freedom to explore, build bases anywhere, choose playstyles, and customize pal assignments, showing strong…
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+4.0
Satisfactory
Players have high freedom to build and optimize factories their own way, with no strict routines enforced.
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+4.0
Titanfall® 2
Players have high control over movement and combat style, including pilot and titan customization and unique abilities.
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+4.0
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Players have freedom to choose missions in different orders, customize upgrades and research, and adapt strategies in…
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+4.0
Dying Light
Players have high freedom to explore the open world, choose routes via parkour, and decide how to approach combat and…
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+4.0
Astral Chain
Players control both the main character and a Legion simultaneously with freedom to choose combat style, Legion type…
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+4.0
Overwatch
Players can freely switch heroes mid-match to adapt strategies and counter opponents, allowing personal control over…
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+4.0
Super Mario Bros. 3
Players have significant freedom to choose paths on the overworld map, skip levels, and decide how to approach…
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+4.0
BattleBlock Theater®
Players have freedom to choose characters, weapons, and create or play custom levels, indicating high autonomy.
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+4.0
Sid Meier's Civilization
Players have significant control over their civilization's development, leader and civ choices, and strategic…
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+4.0
Team Fortress 2
Players freely choose from nine distinct classes with unique abilities and playstyles, enabling diverse personal…
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+4.0
Detroit: Become Human
Players make meaningful choices that shape the story and character fates, reflecting high personal control and freedom…
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+4.0
Half-Life: Alyx
Players have high control over their actions, including movement options, weapon upgrades, and interactive environment…
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