head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A co-op action-adventure where two players must synchronise execution and planning to break out and stay free.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A licensed retro football simulation game.
A Way Out leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Adidas Championship Football leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Adidas Championship Football leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
A Way Out
Timed escapes and combat require responsive, accurate inputs
Adidas Championship Football
passing and shooting control precision
Adidas Championship Football leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
A Way Out
Co-op partner coordination requires some social prediction
Adidas Championship Football
human opponent prediction in multiplayer matches
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Way Out
Enemy patrols have scripted paths with some unpredictability
Adidas Championship Football
minor ball bounce randomness
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Way Out
Escape routes and combat approaches have learnable optimal lines
Adidas Championship Football
team tactics and formation setup
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.