head to head
vs
Box Boy! + Box Girl!vsThe Swapper
Box Boy! + Box Girl! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Swapper leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Box Boy! + Box Girl!The Swapper
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Box Boy! + Box Girl! leans harder on execution: Light platforming inputs; the hard part is upstream
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Box Boy! + Box Girl! leans harder on variance: Every level is fully visible and deterministic
Optimization8 vs 8
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.