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Battle Brothers cover artvsRimWorld cover art

Battle BrothersvsRimWorld

Battle Brothers leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); RimWorld leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

RimWorld leans harder on reads: Storyteller AI is randomised, not adaptive to you.

Variance6 vs 7

RimWorld leans harder on variance: Raids, weather, and pawn traits are heavily random.

Optimization9 vs 9

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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