head to head
vs
DREDGEvsLone Survivor: The Director's Cut
DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
DREDGELone Survivor: The Director's Cut
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut leans harder on execution: Some stealth-timing and resource-limited combat.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
DREDGE leans harder on optimization: Cargo tetris, routes, and upgrades reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.