head to head
vs
Democracy 3vsGame Dev Tycoon
Democracy 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Game Dev Tycoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Democracy 3Game Dev Tycoon
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Democracy 3 leans harder on optimization: The policy-effect network is an explicit solvable equation web.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.