Building comparison
head to head
BanishedvsPlague Inc: Evolved
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Banished
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Harsh village-builder; balance population, food, and winter.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Engineer a pandemic; evolution order is the puzzle.
Banished leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
BanishedPlague Inc: Evolved
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Banished
no mechanical layer
Plague Inc: Evolved
no reflex
Reads0 vs 1
Plague Inc: Evolved leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Banished
no opponent
Plague Inc: Evolved
world response scripted
Variance3 vs 4
Plague Inc: Evolved leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Banished
weather, disease events
Plague Inc: Evolved
country event timing
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Banished
population ratios and food planning
Plague Inc: Evolved
evolution order heavily solved
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.