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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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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Luckitown
Players have significant control over dice usage, building placement, and strategic decisions despite RNG elements.
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+4.0
SAMURAI SHODOWN
Players have freedom to choose characters, strategies, and timing-based actions rather than following preset combos or…
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+4.0
THOTH
Players have full control over movement and shooting decisions, with strategic timing and positioning critical to…
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+4.0
Backpack Jianghu
Players have significant control over their build and backpack arrangement, deciding their own strategies and…
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+4.0
Our Darker Purpose
Players have meaningful choices in character progression, level paths, and skill upgrades, allowing control over…
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+4.0
Out of the Park Baseball 27
Players have extensive control over team management, strategy, roster building, and customization of gameplay settings…
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+4.0
Unity of Command II
Players have significant control over unit movements, supply depots, HQ upgrades, and tactical decisions, though…
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+4.0
Cossacks: Art of War
Players have extensive control over resource management, army composition, and strategic decisions, reflecting high…
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+4.0
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Players have freedom to choose squad composition, tactics, and approach to missions with multiple solutions.
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+4.0
Fantasy General II
Players have freedom to choose army composition, upgrade paths, and make story decisions affecting gameplay and…
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+4.0
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Players have significant control over strategic decisions, city management, army composition, and supply lines…
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+4.0
Loopstructor
Players design their own train loops and choose tower compositions freely, allowing high control over strategy and…
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+4.0
LORT
Players have freedom to choose characters, builds, and strategies; game rewards adapting and personal decision-making.
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+4.0
Lux Delux
Players have freedom to choose maps, customize AI personalities, create own maps, and adjust game rules extensively.
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+4.0
Night of the Dead
Players have freedom to choose playstyle, build bases anywhere, customize difficulty and character builds, and adjust…
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+4.0
Offworld Trading Company
Players make strategic decisions on resource management, market manipulation, and expansion with freedom to adapt to…
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+4.0
Perimeter
Players have high control over terraforming, unit transformations, and strategic decisions, requiring active adaptation…
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+4.0
PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
Players control a character moving around the map to build and upgrade towers, requiring active decision-making and…
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+4.0
Siege of Dungeon
Players control individual characters separately and make strategic decisions about exploration and combat, with…
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+4.0
Star Crusade CCG
Players can customize decks with 25-40 cards and choose up to 3 modules per deck, allowing strategic freedom and…
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+4.0
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™
Players can build and customize decks extensively, experiment with strategies, and choose how to play their cards…
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+4.0
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Players can build and customize their own decks extensively, experiment with different strategies, and choose how to…
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+4.0
College Bowl
Players have extensive control over playcalling, recruiting, team customization, and gameplay settings, allowing…
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+4.0
Mech Armada
Players have freedom to customize mechs, choose parts, and adapt strategies on the fly during runs
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