Building comparison
head to head
AudiosurfvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Audiosurf
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A rhythm racer that turns any music file into a reflex puzzle track.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Audiosurf leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
AudiosurfSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Audiosurf
Lane-switching to the beat tests reaction speed.
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Audiosurf
No opponent.
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance2 vs 1
Audiosurf leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Audiosurf
Track generated from song, then fixed.
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization4 vs 5
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Audiosurf
Block-matching color strategy learnable per song.
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
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.