head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
An open-world action RPG where cyberware build planning dominates raw shooting.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Planning augmented routes through dense environments where augment investment and sequencing define efficiency.
Cyberpunk 2077 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Deus Ex: Mankind Divided leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cyberpunk 2077
Gunplay and movement reward aim but builds carry hard.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Takedown timing and combat aim have a real ceiling
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cyberpunk 2077
Enemy AI follows scripted behaviours; not adaptive to you.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Guards are scripted; no opponent models the player
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cyberpunk 2077
Loot tiers and crafting rolls add light randomness.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Alert thresholds add some hidden-state wrinkle to infiltration
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberware, perks, and damage stacking are deep solvable systems.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Praxis allocation and approach sequencing optimise mission completion
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.