head to head
vs
Cookie ClickervsTransport Tycoon Deluxe
Cookie Clicker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Transport Tycoon Deluxe leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cookie ClickerTransport Tycoon Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Transport Tycoon Deluxe leans harder on execution: Pausable map clicking, no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 10
Transport Tycoon Deluxe leans harder on optimization: Signal logic and network throughput are literally an engineering problem
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.