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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Games where autonomy stands out from the other motivations.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Retro Arcade Shop Simulator
Players have freedom to design, build, and organize their arcade shop, place machines and decorations, and customize…
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+4.0
Retro City Rampage™ DX
Players have freedom to explore an open world, choose missions or free roam, and customize characters and vehicles.
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+4.0
Savara
Players freely choose weapons, builds, and upgrades between runs, allowing personal control over playstyle and…
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+4.0
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter
Players have multiple locomotion options (teleport, trackpad, smooth or snap turning) and can dual wield any weapons…
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+4.0
Shoujo City
Players have freedom to explore the city, customize characters, and choose activities in free mode, though story mode…
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+5.0
Silent Hunter® III
Players have full freedom to choose patrol routes, targets, and tactics; no forced linear missions.
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+4.0
Slipstream
Players can choose cars, tracks, and game modes freely, including route choices in Grand Tour mode, supporting personal…
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+4.0
Solitaire Forever II
Players have extensive freedom to choose from hundreds of solitaire variants, customize card backs, backgrounds, and…
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+5.0
Soundboxing
Players can create their own beatmaps and choose any YouTube song, allowing full control over gameplay experience.
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+5.0
Stationeers
Players have full control over building, engineering, programming, and survival strategies with no hand-holding or…
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+4.0
Supreme Commander 2
Players have control over base building, unit production, research choices, and tactical decisions in large-scale…
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+4.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
Players can choose from multiple games, versions (US/JP), and customize gameplay with cheats, rewind, save states, and…
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+5.0
The Black Watchmen
Players have full control over their actions, decisions, and level of immersion, including optional real-world…
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+4.0
The Precinct
Players have freedom to choose how to approach policing tasks, investigate or ignore events, and customize patrol…
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+4.0
Thief Simulator
Players have freedom to plan and execute heists in multiple ways, choose tools and approach, and decide when and how to…
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+4.0
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Players have freedom to choose stealth or combat approaches and use various gadgets, with multiple ways to handle…
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+4.0
Tomb Raider: Legend
Players have control over Lara's movements, exploration, puzzle solving, and combat with some freedom in approach…
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+5.0
Toribash
Players have full control over individual joints and muscles, deciding every movement in a turn-based manner.
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+4.0
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Players have freedom to customize characters, choose weapons and attachments, and use unique movement mechanics like…
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+4.0
Tower Tactics: Liberation
Players can choose different decks, customize run passives, and make strategic decisions on tower placement and card…
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+4.0
Transformice
Players have freedom to choose roles (mouse or shaman), build structures, and select game modes, showing high control…
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+4.0
Trash Goblin
Players freely choose how to clean, combine, and sell items with no pressure or forced routines.
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+4.0
Travellers Rest
Players have freedom to choose how to spend their time, which crops to grow, when to open the tavern, and how to expand…
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+4.0
Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
Players have freedom in combat approach, quest choices, stealth or direct fighting, crafting, and exploration.
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