head to head
vs
Donut CountyvsMarie's Room
Donut County leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Marie's Room leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Donut CountyMarie's Room
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Donut County leans harder on execution: Moving a hole; near-zero dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 3
Marie's Room leans harder on optimization: Piecing the narrative together is light deduction
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.