head to head
vs
Blade RunnervsSunless Skies
Blade Runner leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Sunless Skies leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Blade RunnerSunless Skies
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Sunless Skies leans harder on execution: Slow locomotive combat asks little of the hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Sunless Skies leans harder on optimization: Trade routes and fuel economics are plannable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.