head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A turn-based RPG where system mastery and build optimization decide every fight.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Engineer a pandemic; evolution order is the puzzle.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
no real-time physical skill, turn-based
Plague Inc: Evolved
no reflex
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
co-op has light unpredictability, mostly solo
Plague Inc: Evolved
world response scripted
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
dice rolls and loot are randomized
Plague Inc: Evolved
country event timing
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
builds, combos, and tactics near-solvable
Plague Inc: Evolved
evolution order heavily solved
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.