Building comparison
head to head
Deus ExvsThey Are Billions
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Deus Ex
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A systemic immersive sim where augmentation choices and route planning determine how every obstacle falls.
They Are Billions
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Steampunk colony defense against scripted zombie waves.
Deus Ex leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); They Are Billions leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Deus ExThey Are Billions
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Deus Ex leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Deus Ex
Aiming and movement matter but never define victory
They Are Billions
some pause-based defense placement
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deus Ex
NPCs follow scripted patrol routes, not adaptive modelling
They Are Billions
zombie AI not adaptive
Variance3 vs 3
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deus Ex
Enemy placements and item locations are fixed but initially hidden
They Are Billions
map gen, swarm timing
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Deus Ex
Augmentation builds, routes, and tool choices are the core system
They Are Billions
economy and wall placement solvable
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.