Building comparison
head to head
Baldur's Gate 3vsUnheard
Baldur's Gate 3 asks more than Unheard, and the gap is reads.
Baldur's Gate 3
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A D&D CRPG where build optimization and dice variance dominate every encounter.
Unheard
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
An audio detective game where you identify suspects by eavesdropping on crime-scene recordings.
Baldur's Gate 3 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Unheard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Baldur's Gate 3Unheard
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Baldur's Gate 3 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Baldur's Gate 3
Turn-based; no input dexterity.
Unheard
Just scrubbing a timeline and listening
Reads2 vs 0
Baldur's Gate 3 leans clearly harder on reads.
Baldur's Gate 3
Companions/enemies scripted, not adaptive to player modeling.
Unheard
No opponent, recorded voices only
Variance7 vs 5
Baldur's Gate 3 leans clearly harder on variance.
Baldur's Gate 3
Dice rolls, hidden checks, encounter RNG everywhere.
Unheard
Identities are hidden until audio clues connect
Optimization9 vs 7
Baldur's Gate 3 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Baldur's Gate 3
Builds, party comp, action economy fully solvable.
Unheard
Cross-referencing fixed conversations solves each 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.