Building comparison
head to head
DOOM (2016)vsRunbow
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. DOOM (2016) demands more optimization; Runbow demands more variance.
DOOM (2016)
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Push-forward arena FPS where movement and aim are the whole game.
Runbow
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Reaction-speed platform racing where shifting colours keep redrawing the level under you.
DOOM (2016) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Runbow leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DOOM (2016)Runbow
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
DOOM (2016) leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
DOOM (2016)
Aim, movement, glory-kill timing all peak.
Runbow
Fast platform racing through vanishing platforms is pure reaction
Reads1 vs 3
Runbow leans clearly harder on reads.
DOOM (2016)
Demons scripted attack patterns.
Runbow
Light jostling with human racers, but little deep prediction
Variance1 vs 4
Runbow leans clearly harder on variance.
DOOM (2016)
Minimal encounter randomness.
Runbow
Colour swaps and party chaos randomise each race
Optimization5 vs 2
DOOM (2016) leans clearly harder on optimization.
DOOM (2016)
Rune and weapon mod picks meaningful.
Runbow
Minimal systems - momentum tricks and level memory only
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.