head to head
vs
DREDGEvsThis Is the Police
DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
DREDGEThis Is the Police
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
DREDGE leans harder on execution: Fishing minigames and night dodging, light demands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
This Is the Police leans harder on optimization: Staffing, dispatch triage, and cash management solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.