Building comparison
head to head
Cookie ClickervsFallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Cookie Clicker, and the gap is execution.
Cookie Clicker
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The archetypal idle game where optimal purchase order is the entire skill.
Fallout: New Vegas
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.
Cookie Clicker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cookie ClickerFallout: New Vegas
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 4
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Cookie Clicker
Clicking is optional past the early game
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Reads0 vs 1
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Cookie Clicker
No opponent
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cookie Clicker
Golden cookie timing randomness
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Optimization9 vs 8
Cookie Clicker leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Cookie Clicker
Purchase order and ascension math are the game
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
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.