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

Optimization · Pure Optimization
The sequel-prequel sends Agent York skateboarding around a Louisiana town to solve another surreal murder case.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person farming game about wrangling adorable slimes for plorts.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Slime Rancher 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.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Skateboarding and light combat ask little of the hands
Slime Rancher
Vacuum aiming is gentle.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Enemies are scripted nuisances, never adaptive
Slime Rancher
Slimes follow scripted behaviors.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Unknown town events and clues on a first investigation
Slime Rancher
Plort prices and slime spawns vary.
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Daily scheduling, crafting, and routing are the real systems
Slime Rancher
Ranch layout and economy reward planning.
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.