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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Players have freedom to choose how to move, solve puzzles, and explore with multiple approaches to tasks.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Autonomy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Red Bow
Players have freedom to explore, solve puzzles without guidance, and make choices affecting multiple endings.
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+4.0
Mirror's Edge™
Players have freedom to choose their path through levels and solve movement puzzles with parkour skills, though within…
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+4.0
Gravity Ghost
Players have freedom to navigate gravity fields, choose paths, and use various abilities to solve puzzles.
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+4.0
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Players have freedom to choose partners, badges, and combat strategies; exploration involves using unique paper-based…
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+4.0
The Talos Principle: Reawakened
Players have freedom to explore puzzles and solve them in various ways, with added QoL features enhancing control.
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+4.0
Draw Puzzle 画之谜
Players freely choose which puzzles to solve, create their own puzzles with the editor, and select modes, showing…
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+4.0
Bombe
Players create their own logical rules to solve puzzles, directing the solver's actions with high freedom.
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+4.0
Puzzler World
Players can freely choose from a large variety of puzzles and select any puzzle at any time, supporting personal…
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+4.0
Get To Work
Players have control over their movement and decisions in navigating complex levels with multiple paths and skips…
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+4.0
Find Matt's Cats
Players have freedom to explore levels at their own pace, choose difficulty, and use hints as they wish.
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+4.0
Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
Players direct their own investigation and puzzle-solving with freedom to explore and decide next steps.
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+4.0
THE MUTE HOUSE
Players have control over exploration, puzzle solving, and combat tactics with limited handholding and no map…
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+4.0
It Takes Two
Players have control over their own character's unique abilities and decisions in puzzles, requiring personal input and…
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+4.0
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
Players freely choose puzzle pieces and can switch between normal and hard modes, deciding their own pace and approach.
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+4.0
Machinika: Museum
Players freely explore and manipulate puzzle objects at their own pace with minimal forced sequences.
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+4.0
We Were Here
Players have control over their own actions and decisions in solving puzzles cooperatively, with no fixed routine.
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+4.0
Budget Cuts
Players have freedom to choose stealth or combat approaches and multiple pathways, with exploration and puzzle solving…
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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
Can of Wormholes
Players have freedom to explore puzzles at their own pace, use hints optionally, and revisit levels with new knowledge.
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+4.0
Thomas Was Alone
Players control multiple characters with unique abilities and can direct their actions freely to solve puzzles.
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+4.0
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Players freely choose and place traps and platforms each round, directing their own actions and strategies.
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+4.0
Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
Players have freedom to explore, investigate, and solve puzzles at their own pace with some linear story progression.
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+5.0
Lingo
Players freely explore a non-linear, non-euclidean world and discover puzzle rules on their own without handholding.
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+4.0
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Players have full control over their actions and decisions with no handholding or tutorials; they must discover…
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