Building comparison
head to head
Alien SoldiervsGhostrunner
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Alien Soldier
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Treasure's Mega Drive boss-rush gauntlet demanding flawless execution against giant setpieces.
Ghostrunner
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A first-person cyberpunk slasher where everything dies in one hit, including you.
Alien Soldier leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Ghostrunner leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Alien SoldierGhostrunner
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alien Soldier
Frame-tight dodges across thirty-plus bosses
Ghostrunner
One-hit-death parkour and slashing demand near-perfect inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alien Soldier
Bosses fully scripted
Ghostrunner
Enemy placements are fixed
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alien Soldier
Nothing hidden after one loop
Ghostrunner
Deterministic levels
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Alien Soldier
Weapon loadout and moveset mastery solvable
Ghostrunner
Route planning and enemy-order solutions define fast clears
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.