Building comparison
head to head
Another Lost Phone: Laura's StoryvsHer Story
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Piecing together a stranger's life from hidden information scattered across a simulated phone.
Her Story
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A search-based detective game piecing together police interview footage.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Her Story leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Another Lost Phone: Laura's StoryHer Story
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Tapping through phone menus has no physical demand
Her Story
Typing search terms only.
Reads0 vs 1
Her Story leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
No opponent - a fixed narrative to uncover
Her Story
Subject is recorded, not adaptive.
Variance5 vs 5
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Hidden messages and passwords are unknown until pieced together
Her Story
Hidden clips revealed by guessed keywords.
Optimization6 vs 7
Her Story leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Linking clues across apps is a solvable deduction puzzle
Her Story
Efficient search strategy reconstructs the case.
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.