Building comparison
head to head
100 Aliens CatsvsSOMA
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
100 Aliens Cats
Variance · Light / Casual
A relaxing hidden-object game finding 100 cats in alien scenes.
SOMA
Optimization · Light / Casual
An underwater sci-fi horror about consciousness and identity.
100 Aliens Cats leans Variance (Light / Casual); SOMA leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
100 Aliens CatsSOMA
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
SOMA leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
100 Aliens Cats
Pointing and clicking needs no dexterity
SOMA
Light stealth, gentle inputs.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
100 Aliens Cats
Solo hidden-object game with no opponent
SOMA
Creatures follow scripts.
Variance3 vs 2
100 Aliens Cats leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
100 Aliens Cats
Cat positions are hidden until found
SOMA
Some hiding spot variation.
Optimization3 vs 3
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
100 Aliens Cats
Methodical searching speeds completion
SOMA
Few systems to optimize.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.