Building comparison
head to head
All Guns on DeckvsPenumbra: Overture
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
All Guns on Deck
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A naval strategy-action hybrid testing fleet management and conquest planning.
Penumbra: Overture
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A physics-puzzle horror game where methodical object manipulation and route knowledge reduce all tension.
All Guns on Deck leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Penumbra: Overture leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
All Guns on DeckPenumbra: Overture
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
All Guns on Deck leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
All Guns on Deck
Light action combat with modest timing demands
Penumbra: Overture
Physics-based interaction and basic evasion; low precision demand
Reads2 vs 1
All Guns on Deck leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
All Guns on Deck
Faction AI is scripted, no adaptive prediction
Penumbra: Overture
Dogs follow scripted patrol and alarm states
Variance3 vs 3
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
All Guns on Deck
Battle outcomes have some rolled randomness
Penumbra: Overture
Some item placements are hidden on first run
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
All Guns on Deck
Fleet management and strategic conquest is the core layer
Penumbra: Overture
Puzzle solutions and safe-zone routing are fully learnable
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.