head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, 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 cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
A Way Out leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
A Way Out
Timed escapes and combat require responsive, accurate inputs
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
A Way Out leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
A Way Out
Co-op partner coordination requires some social prediction
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
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
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
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
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
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.