Building comparison
head to head
Dungeon Keeper 2vsPortal
Dungeon Keeper 2 asks more than Portal, and the gap is variance.
Dungeon Keeper 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Villainous dungeon management game about luring monsters and crushing do-gooder heroes.
Portal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The portal-gun puzzle game whose solutions are everything.
Dungeon Keeper 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dungeon Keeper 2Portal
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Portal leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Dungeon Keeper 2
Slap-and-drop micro and possession combat need quick hands.
Portal
Portal placement timing modest.
Reads1 vs 0
Dungeon Keeper 2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Dungeon Keeper 2
Hero waves and rival keepers run on scripts.
Portal
No adversary modeling player.
Variance2 vs 0
Dungeon Keeper 2 leans clearly harder on variance.
Dungeon Keeper 2
Hero party timing and creature moods vary mildly.
Portal
Deterministic chambers; no randomness.
Optimization7 vs 8
Portal leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Dungeon Keeper 2
Dungeon layout, creature economy and research are solvable.
Portal
Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
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.