head to head
vs
DayZvsSecret Neighbor
DayZ leans Variance (Grand Arena); Secret Neighbor leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction).
DayZSecret Neighbor
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 4
DayZ leans harder on execution: gunfights punish slow hands severely
Reads6 vs 7
Secret Neighbor leans harder on reads: The disguised Neighbor wins by out-modeling suspicious kids.
Variance7 vs 6
DayZ leans harder on variance: loot spawns and who you meet are unknowable
Optimization5 vs 4
DayZ leans harder on optimization: map knowledge and survival routines compound
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.