head to head
vs
Drug Dealer SimulatorvsMedieval: Total War
Drug Dealer Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Medieval: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Drug Dealer SimulatorMedieval: Total War
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Drug Dealer Simulator leans harder on variance: Customer demand, busts and prices add randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.