head to head
vs
Citizen SleepervsLong Live the Queen
Citizen Sleeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Long Live the Queen leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Citizen SleeperLong Live the Queen
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 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Long Live the Queen leans harder on optimization: Once checks are mapped, survival is a pure scheduling solve.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.