Building comparison
head to head
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New EyesvsThe Wolf Among Us
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Solving fixed item-combination puzzles inside a dark comic story.
The Wolf Among Us
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A noir Fables investigation where QTE action wraps a scripted mystery with limited genuine deduction.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Wolf Among Us leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New EyesThe Wolf Among Us
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
The Wolf Among Us leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Pointing and clicking has no dexterity ceiling
The Wolf Among Us
Action sequences use basic QTE with low penalty for failure
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Characters are scripted comedy props
The Wolf Among Us
Fables inhabitants follow scripted roles with no adaptive modelling
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Solutions are hidden until discovered once
The Wolf Among Us
Investigation choices partially obscure which evidence matters
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Item-combination logic puzzles have single fixed answers
The Wolf Among Us
Scene order and evidence collection allow minor optimisation of deduction paths
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.