head to head
vs
Dear EsthervsHow Fish Is Made
Dear Esther leans Variance (Light / Casual); How Fish Is Made leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Dear EstherHow Fish Is Made
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
How Fish Is Made leans harder on execution: Shuffling down a pipe takes nothing physical
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
How Fish Is Made leans harder on variance: Surreal encounters are scripted-but-unknown the first time
Optimization1 vs 1
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.