head to head
vs
Drug Dealer SimulatorvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Drug Dealer Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Drug Dealer SimulatorPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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 7
Drug Dealer Simulator leans harder on optimization: Supply chains, pricing and territory management drive the empire
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.