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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
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Players can freely explore different regions, choose dungeons, and decide how to spend their time socially or…
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+4.0
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
Players have freedom to choose team composition, battle strategies, and upgrades, indicating control over decisions.
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+4.0
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Players have freedom to choose how to dismantle ships, plan routes, and decide pace; some constraints but strong…
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+4.0
Kingdoms Reborn
Players have significant control over city building, resource management, and strategic decisions including card-based…
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+4.0
Lunacid
Players have freedom to explore a semi-open world with multiple paths, secrets, and optional areas; no handholding or…
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+4.0
Megastore Simulator
Players can choose their own departments to unlock and play style, freely manage store layout and upgrades.
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+4.0
MENACE
Players have significant control over squad composition, loadouts, and tactical decisions in combat and strategic layer.
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+4.0
Nightmare Reaper
Players have freedom to choose weapons, upgrades, and playstyle with many randomized elements and skill trees, allowing…
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+4.0
Nova Roma
Players have freedom to build and manage their city with meaningful choices and strategic planning, though some god…
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+4.0
Project Silverfish
Players have freedom to choose character, starting location, playstyle, and difficulty settings, enabling self-directed…
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+4.0
Shadow Warrior 2
Players can choose missions in a hub, customize weapons and skills extensively, and explore maps with semi-random…
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+4.0
Starcom: Unknown Space
Players have freedom to build and customize ships, choose crew skills, and explore the universe at their own pace with…
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+4.0
The Banner Saga
Players make meaningful choices affecting story and gameplay, including resource management and character development…
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+4.0
Thief Gold (1999)
Players have high control over their actions and decisions, choosing stealth approaches, paths, and tactics freely in…
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+4.0
Tropico 6
Players have high control over their actions and decisions, including political style, economic management, and island…
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+4.0
Wanderstop
Players have freedom to choose how to pace their gameplay, what tasks to do, and how to engage with the narrative and…
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+4.0
ADEN
Players have control over timing, movement, and attack decisions in a unique dash-based combat system emphasizing…
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+4.0
Aeruta
Players have freedom to choose weapons, skills, and upgrade paths; bakery management and combat allow self-directed…
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+4.0
Alabaster Dawn
Players can freely choose weapons, elements, and loadouts, and switch them on the fly during combat, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Back in Service: a Metro Driver
Players have freedom to choose driving style, side quests, and explore stations and tunnels independently.
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+4.0
Cat Bait
Players have freedom to choose and build their own team of helper cats and customize their upgrades, creating varied…
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+4.0
Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery
Players freely explore the gallery, choose puzzles to solve, and decide how to use abilities and upgrades, supporting…
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+4.0
Copy Kitty
Players can freely choose weapon combinations and playstyles with two distinct characters, enabling personal control…
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+4.0
Escape from Ever After: Onboarding
Players have freedom to explore, choose actions in combat, allocate level-up points among characters, and solve puzzles…
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