head to head
vs
Ancestors: The Humankind OdysseyvsMoonlighter
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Moonlighter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Ancestors: The Humankind OdysseyMoonlighter
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Moonlighter leans harder on execution: Dodge-heavy dungeon combat
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey leans harder on variance: Systems deliberately unexplained until experimented
Optimization7 vs 7
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.