Building comparison
head to head
Beneath a Steel SkyvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Beneath a Steel Sky
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Cyberpunk point-and-click adventure through a dystopian Australian mega-city.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Lateral-thinking puzzle solving that converges to a walkthrough once solutions are known.
Beneath a Steel Sky leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Beneath a Steel SkyThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beneath a Steel Sky
Point-and-click; no dexterity required
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Pointing and clicking has no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beneath a Steel Sky
No opponent; scripted characters
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Insult swordfighting is scripted dialogue lookup, not prediction
Variance2 vs 3
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Beneath a Steel Sky
First-run puzzle surprises only
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Puzzle solutions are hidden information until discovered
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Beneath a Steel Sky
Inventory puzzle chains are fully solvable
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Once solutions are known the game is fully 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.