head to head
vs
A Way OutvsCookies vs. Claus
A Way Out leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Cookies vs. Claus leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
A Way OutCookies vs. Claus
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Cookies vs. Claus leans harder on reads: Human opponents add light positional guessing
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
A Way Out leans harder on optimization: Escape routes and combat approaches have learnable optimal lines
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.