head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A story-first adventure with gentle item-puzzle logic as its only test.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A cozy hidden-object adventure testing visual search and light puzzle solving.
Back to the Future: The Game leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Lost and Found Co. leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Lost and Found Co. leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Back to the Future: The Game
Telltale point-and-click, zero dexterity
Lost and Found Co.
Clicking objects, no twitch skill
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Back to the Future: The Game
Characters follow the episodic script
Lost and Found Co.
Solo, no adaptive opponent
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Back to the Future: The Game
Puzzle solutions are hidden until found
Lost and Found Co.
Item locations hidden until searched
Back to the Future: The Game leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Back to the Future: The Game
Light item-logic puzzles drive each episode
Lost and Found Co.
Systematic searching and puzzle-solving is the loop
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.