Building comparison
head to head
Broken AgevsObduction
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Broken Age
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A split-narrative puzzle game whose second half demands careful systematic cross-character logic.
Obduction
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A Myst-successor puzzle adventure about decoding alien machinery across spliced worlds.
Broken Age leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Obduction leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Broken AgeObduction
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Broken Age
Touchscreen-friendly design demands zero physical precision
Obduction
Walking and clicking 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.
Broken Age
Dual-narrative structure is authored; no opponent present
Obduction
No opponents at all
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Broken Age
Deterministic puzzles with no randomness anywhere
Obduction
Deterministic alien machinery
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Broken Age
Act 2 interlocking puzzles demand careful multi-character solution mapping
Obduction
Number-system and swap-machine puzzles are fully solvable
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.