Building comparison
head to head
80 DaysvsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
80 Days
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A narrative race around an alternate steampunk world balancing routes, money, and time.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A physics sandbox where you place wobbly armies and watch ragdoll battles resolve themselves.
80 Days leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
80 DaysTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
80 Days
Menu choices only, no physical skill
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Place units then watch; no hands required
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
80 Days
NPCs follow scripted branches, never adapt
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
No adaptive opponent in campaign sandbox
Variance5 vs 5
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
80 Days
Unknown routes, events, and market prices on first runs
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Wobbly physics makes identical setups resolve differently
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
80 Days
Routing, packing, and trading converge to optimal circumnavigations
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Unit counters and placement solve each scenario
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.