Building comparison
head to head
A Case of DistrustvsOrwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
A Case of Distrust
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A narrative mystery testing deduction by matching evidence against scripted lies.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Surveillance thriller where you decide which citizens' secrets to report to the state.
A Case of Distrust leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
A Case of DistrustOrwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Case of Distrust
Pure dialogue and menu selection
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Reading and clicking documents only
Reads1 vs 0
A Case of Distrust leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
A Case of Distrust
Suspects lie by script, not in response to you
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Story characters are scripted, not adaptive
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Case of Distrust
The mystery is hidden information until evidence reveals it
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Truth is hidden until you uncover contradicting datachunks
Optimization6 vs 5
A Case of Distrust leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
A Case of Distrust
Matching statements against evidence is a deduction puzzle
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Choosing which evidence to upload steers fixed outcomes
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.