Building comparison
head to head
Anno 1800vsBaba Is You
Anno 1800 asks more than Baba Is You, and the gap is variance.
Anno 1800
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Beautiful 19th-century city-builder ruled by production ratios.
Baba Is You
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A rule-rewriting puzzle game that is pure deterministic problem solving.
Anno 1800 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Baba Is You leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Anno 1800Baba Is You
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Anno 1800 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Anno 1800
pausable, no twitch
Baba Is You
No reflex or input precision involved.
Reads1 vs 0
Anno 1800 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Anno 1800
AI scripted, not adaptive
Baba Is You
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance2 vs 0
Anno 1800 leans clearly harder on variance.
Anno 1800
minor trade fluctuations
Baba Is You
Puzzles fully deterministic with no hidden information.
Optimization10 vs 10
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anno 1800
supply chains and ratios are the game
Baba Is You
Literally solvable — find the rule rewrite that wins.
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.