head to head
vs
Democracy 4vsGame Dev Tycoon
Democracy 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Game Dev Tycoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Democracy 4Game Dev Tycoon
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Game Dev Tycoon leans harder on execution: All choices are menu clicks with no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.