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Agar.io cover artvsThief Town cover art

Agar.iovsThief Town

Agar.io leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Thief Town leans Reads (Pure Mind Games).

EXECUTION4 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 8

Thief Town leans harder on reads: Reading human players hiding among NPCs is the core

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Agar.io leans harder on optimization: Split-merge math is shallow but real

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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