head to head
vs
Citizen SleepervsCurious Expedition
Citizen Sleeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Curious Expedition leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Citizen SleeperCurious Expedition
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Citizen Sleeper leans harder on reads: NPCs follow branching scripts.
Variance6 vs 8
Curious Expedition leans harder on variance: Hidden hex maps, event rolls and sanity gambles
Optimization7 vs 7
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.