Building comparison
head to head
BattleBlock TheatervsTomb Raider (2013)
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
BattleBlock Theater
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A chaotic co-op platformer mixing precise jumps with friendly betrayal.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Lara's reboot blending cover shooting, climbing, and survival cinema.
BattleBlock Theater leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BattleBlock TheaterTomb Raider (2013)
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
BattleBlock Theater leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
BattleBlock Theater
Precise jumps and tosses under pressure.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Bow aim, QTEs, and platforming timing matter.
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BattleBlock Theater
Versus mode adds light human chaos.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Scripted enemy waves, no adaptation.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BattleBlock Theater
Levels fixed.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Minimal randomness in encounters.
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BattleBlock Theater
Gem routes and weapon picks learnable.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Weapon upgrades and skill picks straightforward.
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.