head to head
vs
7 Days to DievsWeird West
7 Days to Die leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Weird West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
7 Days to DieWeird West
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Weird West leans harder on execution: Top-down gunplay and dodge timing have a real floor
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.