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Amnesia: The Bunker leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Void Bastards leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Amnesia: The Bunker leans harder on reads: The creature reacts to noise but follows proximity rules, not player modelling

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Void Bastards leans harder on optimization: Resource chain planning and technology tree progression are the defining axes

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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