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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
Akane
Players freely choose gear loadouts and playstyle; gameplay encourages experimentation and personal mastery.
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+4.0
BallisticNG
Players can tweak many settings, choose ships, modes, and customize gameplay extensively, including modding support.
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+4.0
Black Friday Janitor: Clean the Whole Mall
Players have freedom to choose which stores to clean and how to organize items, with options for labeled or freeform…
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+4.0
Cafe Master Story
Players have significant freedom in designing café layout, experimenting with recipes, and managing staff and upgrades.
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+4.0
Chinese Street Food Legend
Players have control over cooking actions, upgrades, stall customization, and pacing, with some automation but still…
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+4.0
Desktop Explorer
Players have freedom to explore the desktop environment and solve puzzles using various tools and approaches, though…
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+4.0
Doloc Town
Players have freedom to choose farming strategies, explore, customize drones, and progress at their own pace without…
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+4.0
dotAGE
Players direct their own actions and decisions turn-by-turn with freedom to assign villagers and build strategically.
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+4.0
FALLSTRUKTUR
Players freely choose their own routes down the structure and experiment with different paths and strategies.
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+4.0
Far Fishing
Players have control over upgrade choices, skill tree progression, and strategies for each run, allowing personal…
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+4.0
High Entropy: Challenges
Players have freedom to choose multiple approaches to solve puzzles, including stealth, combat, hacking, or mixed…
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+4.0
Jet Island
Players have high freedom to explore the large open world and choose their own pace and order of boss fights and drone…
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+4.0
King of the Bridge
Players discover and adapt to evolving, non-standard rules, making decisions freely within a chaotic and unpredictable…
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+4.0
Master Healer Kale with useless party
Players have meaningful choices in skill tree upgrades and spell usage, allowing personal strategy and build…
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+4.0
Orakyubu
Players freely decide how to solve puzzles with no forced routines, encouraging independent problem solving.
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+4.0
Poke ALL Toads
Players control multiple fairies with different abilities and can experiment with various puzzle solutions, indicating…
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+4.0
Progressbar95
Players have freedom to choose different OS versions, mini-games, and explore various game modes and secrets, allowing…
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+4.0
Seraph's Last Stand
Players can freely choose builds, upgrades, hats, and staffs, experimenting with different strategies and synergies.
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+4.0
Spark the Electric Jester 3
Players have extensive control over movement, can choose routes, and explore levels freely with multiple paths and…
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+4.0
SteamWorld Heist
Players manually aim shots and choose team composition and tactics freely, emphasizing control over actions.
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+4.0
Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲
Players have full control over dodging and shooting; no difficulty options but freedom to use auto-dodge or manual play
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+4.0
Will You Snail?
Players can choose difficulty settings freely and the game offers optional puzzles and secrets, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Attack on Titan 2 - A.O.T.2
Players create and develop their own character with freedom to customize skills, gear, and relationships, influencing…
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+4.0
Depersonalization
Players create and customize investigators with various stats and traits, and make meaningful choices affecting story…
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