Building comparison
head to head
Denki Blocks!vsForager
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Denki Blocks!
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A sliding-block puzzle about deducing the right merge sequence per board.
Forager
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A compulsive grind-and-automate sandbox where optimizing the resource loop is the whole game.
Denki Blocks! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Forager leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Denki Blocks!Forager
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Denki Blocks!
Sliding blocks has no timing or twitch demand
Forager
Click-and-walk inputs, no dexterity ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Denki Blocks!
Solo puzzle with no opponent to predict
Forager
No opponents
Variance1 vs 2
Forager leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Denki Blocks!
Each puzzle is fixed, nothing random to map
Forager
Minor drop randomness, quickly irrelevant
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Denki Blocks!
Solving the block-merging sequence is the entire game
Forager
Pure economy loop: automate, expand, compound
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.