head to head
vs
Another Crab's TreasurevsHollow Knight
Another Crab's Treasure leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Another Crab's TreasureHollow Knight
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Hollow Knight leans harder on execution: Precise platforming and pogo timing dominate hard content.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Another Crab's Treasure leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets and shell builds is the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.