head to head
vs
Among UsvsThe Ship: Murder Party
Among Us leans Reads (Pure Mind Games); The Ship: Murder Party leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction).
Among UsThe Ship: Murder Party
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 3
The Ship: Murder Party leans harder on execution: Landing kills and fleeing guards needs some dexterity.
Reads9 vs 7
Among Us leans harder on reads: Lying to and reading humans IS the game
Variance5 vs 6
The Ship: Murder Party leans harder on variance: Unknown quarry assignments and weapon luck cloud each round.
Optimization3 vs 4
The Ship: Murder Party leans harder on optimization: Needs management and guard patterns are learnable systems.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.