Building comparison
head to head
Against the StormvsBaldur's Gate 3
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Against the Storm
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Roguelite city-builder where draws drive each settlement.
Baldur's Gate 3
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A D&D CRPG where build optimization and dice variance dominate every encounter.
Against the Storm leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Baldur's Gate 3 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Against the StormBaldur's Gate 3
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Against the Storm
no twitch demand
Baldur's Gate 3
Turn-based; no input dexterity.
Reads1 vs 2
Baldur's Gate 3 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Against the Storm
no adaptive opponent
Baldur's Gate 3
Companions/enemies scripted, not adaptive to player modeling.
Variance7 vs 7
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Against the Storm
randomized buildings, orders, glades
Baldur's Gate 3
Dice rolls, hidden checks, encounter RNG everywhere.
Optimization8 vs 9
Baldur's Gate 3 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Against the Storm
production chains, order routing solvable
Baldur's Gate 3
Builds, party comp, action economy fully solvable.
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.