Building comparison
head to head
BoxBoxBoy!vsFez
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
BoxBoxBoy!
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A minimalist puzzle platformer about deducing box-chain solutions.
Fez
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A perspective-rotation platformer with a hidden cryptographic layer that rewards patient decoding.
BoxBoxBoy! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fez leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
BoxBoxBoy!Fez
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BoxBoxBoy!
Box creation and movement need no precision
Fez
Rotation and platforming needs light precision only
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BoxBoxBoy!
Solo puzzle game with no opponent
Fez
No opponent; solo exploration puzzle
Variance0 vs 0
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BoxBoxBoy!
Puzzles fully deterministic, nothing random
Fez
World is fixed and deterministic
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
BoxBoxBoy!
Deducing box-chain shapes to clear obstacles is the game
Fez
Decoding the deep cipher system and spatial cube logic is the core challenge
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.