Building comparison
head to head
100 March CatsvsTales from the Borderlands
100 March Cats asks more than Tales from the Borderlands, and the gap is variance.
100 March Cats
Variance · Systems & Chaos
A relaxed visual scan for hidden cats with nothing else underneath.
Tales from the Borderlands
Variance · Light / Casual
A choice-driven comedy adventure with almost no skill test at all.
100 March Cats leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).
100 March CatsTales from the Borderlands
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
100 March Cats
Clicking found cats takes no skill
Tales from the Borderlands
Occasional QTEs are the only physical demand
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 March Cats
Nothing adapts in a still picture
Tales from the Borderlands
No opponent of any kind
Variance4 vs 2
100 March Cats leans clearly harder on variance.
100 March Cats
Cat positions are unknown until spotted, once
Tales from the Borderlands
Story branches are unknown until chosen
Optimization2 vs 1
100 March Cats leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
100 March Cats
Systematic screen-scanning is the only technique
Tales from the Borderlands
Choices barely change outcomes; nothing to solve
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.