head to head
vs
A Monster's ExpeditionvsBaba Is You
A Monster's Expedition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Baba Is You leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
A Monster's ExpeditionBaba Is You
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
A Monster's Expedition leans harder on execution: Pushing trees on a grid is trivial to input
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 10
Baba Is You leans harder on optimization: Literally solvable — find the rule rewrite that wins.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.