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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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+4.0
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Players make meaningful choices affecting story branches and puzzle room paths, with freedom to revisit and alter…
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+4.0
CarX Drift Racing Online
Players have extensive control over car tuning, customization, and gameplay style, allowing personal freedom in how…
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+4.0
Fields of Mistria
Players have freedom to customize characters anytime, choose activities, and explore the town and mines with few…
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+4.0
Game Dev Tycoon
Players have significant control over game development decisions, including genre, topic, platform, and resource…
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+4.0
Hi-Fi RUSH
Players have control over combat style, combos, and upgrades, allowing personal playstyle expression within…
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+4.0
Just Shapes & Beats
Players have control over their movements and decisions in dodging patterns and can choose different modes and…
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+4.0
Megabonk
Players have freedom to choose characters, builds, and experiment with item combinations; some RNG limits full control…
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+4.0
The Case of the Golden Idol
Players have freedom to explore scenes, gather clues, and make their own deductions without hand-holding.
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+4.0
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Players have significant freedom to explore large biomes, choose how to approach encounters (sneak, battle, or throw…
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+4.0
Frostpunk
Players have significant control over laws, city layout, and resource management, making critical decisions that shape…
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+4.0
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
Players make a few meaningful choices that affect endings, but the story is mostly linear with limited branching.
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+4.0
BOMBANANA!
Players have distinct roles with unique limitations and must devise their own communication strategies, allowing…
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+4.0
Finding Paradise
Players follow a narrative with some minor interactive choices and puzzle solving, but mostly experience a directed…
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+4.0
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Players have significant control over pizzeria design, pizza customization, and strategic decisions in managing the…
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+4.0
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Players have freedom to choose tower types, upgrade paths, hero selection, and strategic placement, allowing control…
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+4.0
Monster Train
Players have significant control over deck building, card upgrades, and strategic decisions during runs, including…
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+4.0
PlateUp!
Players have significant control over restaurant layout, menu choices, and upgrades, allowing personal strategy and…
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+4.0
shapez 2 - Factory
Players have freedom to design factories modularly and optimize layouts with many options and no forced paths.
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+4.0
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Players have freedom to choose missions, explore open world, and develop character skills with multiple upgrade paths
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+4.0
West of Loathing
Players have freedom to choose character class, skills, companions, and multiple ways to solve quests, enabling…
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+4.0
Call of Duty: Warzone
Players have significant control over loadouts, tactical decisions, and movement; multiple choices in contracts and…
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+4.0
Catherine: Full Body
Players make meaningful choices in social interactions and story progression, and can freely switch difficulty modes…
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+4.0
Mortal Kombat
Players have control over character selection, Kameo fighter choices, and combat strategies, allowing personal freedom…
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+4.0
Pokémon Community Game
Players have significant freedom to build habitats, terraform the environment, and choose how to attract and care for…
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