head to head
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Animal Crossing: City Folk demands more optimization; Comedy Night demands more reads.

Optimization · Light / Casual
A daily-ritual life sim where the only optional test is turnip economics.

Reads · Bluff & Deduction
A social game where you perform live stand-up to a real human audience.
Animal Crossing: City Folk leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Comedy Night leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Watering flowers and fishing taps need no dexterity
Comedy Night
Speaking into a mic, no mechanical skill
Comedy Night leans clearly harder on reads.
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Villagers are scripted personalities, not adaptive minds
Comedy Night
Live human audience reactions you must read and adapt to
Comedy Night leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Daily events, fish and visitor RNG add gentle surprise
Comedy Night
Unpredictable crowd mood adds chaos each performance
Animal Crossing: City Folk leans clearly harder on optimization.
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Turnip trading and town optimisation exist but stay optional
Comedy Night
No systems to solve beyond social timing
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.