head to head
vs
Alone With YouvsCircle of Blood
Alone With You leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Circle of Blood leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Alone With YouCircle of Blood
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Circle of Blood leans harder on execution: no physical skill, point-and-click
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Alone With You leans harder on variance: The colony's story is hidden information revealed linearly
Optimization3 vs 3
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.