Building comparison
head to head
Age of Empires II: HD EditionvsConan Exiles
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A real-time strategy game where mastering build orders and economy management decides most matches.
Conan Exiles
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Survival sandbox with brutal PvP base raiding.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Conan Exiles leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Empires II: HD EditionConan Exiles
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
click speed and micro help but secondary
Conan Exiles
Melee and bow combat inputs
Reads4 vs 3
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
predicting human opponent strategy and timing
Conan Exiles
PvP raids reward reading defenders
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
minor map and resource randomness
Conan Exiles
Loot and purge events
Optimization9 vs 8
Age of Empires II: HD Edition leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Age of Empires II: HD Edition
build orders and economy are near-solvable
Conan Exiles
Base layout, thrall farming, gear progression
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.