Building comparison
head to head
BeholdervsUnheard
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Beholder
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Dystopian management adventure about a landlord spying on tenants for a totalitarian state.
Unheard
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
An audio detective game where you identify suspects by eavesdropping on crime-scene recordings.
Beholder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Unheard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
BeholderUnheard
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Beholder leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Beholder
Simple point-and-click landlord actions
Unheard
Just scrubbing a timeline and listening
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Tenants follow scripted schedules, not adaptive
Unheard
No opponent, recorded voices only
Variance4 vs 5
Unheard leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Beholder
Tenant events and directives surprise first runs
Unheard
Identities are hidden until audio clues connect
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beholder
Money, time, and blackmail decision routing
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.