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Cookie Clicker cover artvsRealm Grinder cover art

Cookie ClickervsRealm Grinder

Cookie Clicker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Realm Grinder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Cookie Clicker leans harder on variance: Golden cookie timing randomness

Optimization9 vs 9

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.

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