Building comparison
head to head
Armadillo RunvsWorld of Goo
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Armadillo Run
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A physics construction puzzler about building cost-efficient structures to guide an armadillo.
World of Goo
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A physics puzzle game about building wobbly towers and bridges from living goo balls.
Armadillo Run leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Goo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Armadillo RunWorld of Goo
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
World of Goo leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Armadillo Run
Building structures has no twitch requirement
World of Goo
Placing goo balls needs only mild precision
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Armadillo Run
No opponent; pure physics sandbox
World of Goo
No opponent exists
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Armadillo Run
Physics is deterministic once a structure is built
World of Goo
Physics are visible and deterministic
Optimization9 vs 8
Armadillo Run leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Armadillo Run
Designing efficient physics structures within budget is the whole game
World of Goo
Tower structure and goo economy are solvable per level
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.