Building comparison
head to head
Denki Blocks!vsLara Croft Go
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Denki Blocks!
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A sliding-block puzzle about deducing the right merge sequence per board.
Lara Croft Go
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Turn-based board-puzzle distillation of Tomb Raider's traps and tombs.
Denki Blocks! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Lara Croft Go leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Denki Blocks!Lara Croft Go
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
Lara Croft Go
Turn-based taps, zero dexterity
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
Lara Croft Go
Hazards move on fixed rules
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Denki Blocks!
Each puzzle is fixed, nothing random to map
Lara Croft Go
Everything visible on the board
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
Lara Croft Go
Each level is a solvable movement puzzle
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.