Building comparison
head to head
All Guns on DeckvsPortal
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. All Guns on Deck demands more variance; Portal demands more optimization.
All Guns on Deck
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A naval strategy-action hybrid testing fleet management and conquest planning.
Portal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The portal-gun puzzle game whose solutions are everything.
All Guns on Deck leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
All Guns on DeckPortal
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Portal leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
All Guns on Deck
Light action combat with modest timing demands
Portal
Portal placement timing modest.
Reads2 vs 0
All Guns on Deck leans clearly harder on reads.
All Guns on Deck
Faction AI is scripted, no adaptive prediction
Portal
No adversary modeling player.
Variance3 vs 0
All Guns on Deck leans clearly harder on variance.
All Guns on Deck
Battle outcomes have some rolled randomness
Portal
Deterministic chambers; no randomness.
Optimization6 vs 8
Portal leans clearly harder on optimization.
All Guns on Deck
Fleet management and strategic conquest is the core layer
Portal
Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
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.