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

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Dystopian management adventure about a landlord spying on tenants for a totalitarian state.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A cycling management sim about running a professional cycling team through races.
Beholder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pro Cycling Manager 2014 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Simple point-and-click landlord actions
Pro Cycling Manager 2014
no direct physical control, management sim
Pro Cycling Manager 2014 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Beholder
Tenants follow scripted schedules, not adaptive
Pro Cycling Manager 2014
rival team strategies vary slightly
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Tenant events and directives surprise first runs
Pro Cycling Manager 2014
weather and race incident randomness
Pro Cycling Manager 2014 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Beholder
Money, time, and blackmail decision routing
Pro Cycling Manager 2014
training, tactics, and race-plan mastery
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.