head to head
vs
Citizen SleepervsCrusader Kings
Citizen Sleeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Crusader Kings leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Citizen SleeperCrusader Kings
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Crusader Kings leans harder on optimization: Marriage, inheritance and claim engineering are solvable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.