Building comparison
head to head
CocoonvsWorld of Goo
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Cocoon
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A surreal puzzle-adventure about nesting worlds inside orbs.
World of Goo
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A physics puzzle game about building wobbly towers and bridges from living goo balls.
Cocoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Goo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
CocoonWorld of Goo
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
World of Goo leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Cocoon
Inputs are simple movement and a button.
World of Goo
Placing goo balls needs only mild precision
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
Puzzles are fixed designs.
World of Goo
No opponent exists
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
No randomness.
World of Goo
Physics are visible and deterministic
Optimization7 vs 8
World of Goo leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Cocoon
Pure puzzle logic, solvable by reasoning.
World of Goo
Tower structure and goo economy are solvable per level
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.