Building comparison
head to head
Distraint 2vsMouthwashing
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Distraint 2
Optimization · Light / Casual
A short scripted horror story with light item puzzles - mood over mechanics.
Mouthwashing
Optimization · Light / Casual
Short narrative horror about a doomed freighter crew told in fractured time.
Distraint 2 leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Mouthwashing leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Distraint 2Mouthwashing
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.
Distraint 2
Walking and simple item use only
Mouthwashing
Walking and simple interactions
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Distraint 2
Horror beats are scripted, nothing reacts to you
Mouthwashing
No opposition; it is a story
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Distraint 2
Scares and solutions are unknown once
Mouthwashing
Narrative surprises only on first viewing
Optimization3 vs 3
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Distraint 2
Light item puzzles with single answers
Mouthwashing
Light puzzles guide a fixed story
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.