head to head
vs
Cities: SkylinesvsWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Cities: Skylines leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cities: SkylinesWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic leans harder on execution: no reflex
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic leans harder on variance: weather, resource finds
Optimization10 vs 10
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.