head to head
vs
A Hat in TimevsLittle Nightmares
A Hat in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Little Nightmares leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
A Hat in TimeLittle Nightmares
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
A Hat in Time leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Little Nightmares leans harder on optimization: Routes have fixed solutions.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.