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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.
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+4.0
Persona 3
Players have significant control over daily activities, social interactions, and combat strategies, including persona…
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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
Slay the Spire
Players make meaningful, strategic choices about deck building, card selection, and path navigation, reflecting high…
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+4.0
Counter-Strike: Source
Players have freedom to choose weapons, strategies, and play styles; modding and custom servers enhance player control.
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+4.0
Oxygen Not Included
Players direct duplicants by assigning tasks and priorities, with freedom to design and optimize colony systems.
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+4.0
Dead Cells
Players have significant control over their playstyle, weapon choices, and progression paths, enabling personal…
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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
Celeste
Players have full control over precise platforming actions and decisions, with optional assist mode for less challenge.
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+4.0
Inscryption
Players have significant control over deck-building choices, strategies, and exploration within the cabin and puzzles…
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+4.0
Chaos Zero Nightmare
Players have significant control over deck building, character synergies, and strategic decisions during runs, with…
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+4.0
StarCraft
Players have significant control over their strategies, unit compositions, and expansions, reflecting high autonomy in…
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+4.0
Dyson Sphere Program
Players have high control over factory design, logistics, and expansion across planets and star systems, with freedom…
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+4.0
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Players have freedom to choose civilizations, strategies, and customize gameplay with mods and settings.
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+4.0
Volcano Princess
Players have freedom to direct daughter's growth, choose activities, classes, and relationships with many options and…
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+4.0
ULTRAKILL
Players have freedom to choose weapons, movement styles, combos, and strategies, with many mechanics encouraging…
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+4.0
Hades II
Players have freedom to experiment with builds, weapons, and Arcana cards, and choose their own playstyle and…
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+4.0
DARK SOULS™ III
Players have freedom to choose their build, weapons, and playstyle, and exploration is encouraged without strict…
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+4.0
The Binding of Isaac
Players have high control over their actions and decisions, choosing characters, items, and strategies in procedurally…
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+4.0
Geometry Dash
Players have full control over their actions, timing jumps precisely; also strong creative freedom via level editor.
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+4.0
Enter the Gungeon
Players choose from multiple characters and freely explore procedurally generated rooms with many weapon and item…
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+4.0
Rhythm Doctor
Players have control over timing their single-button presses and can choose to replay levels or explore custom levels…
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+4.0
Aimlabs
Players have freedom to customize training routines, select tasks, and adjust settings to suit their needs.
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+4.0
Unicorn Overlord
Players have extensive control over unit composition, tactics programming, and strategic decisions on the overworld…
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