head to head
vs
Endless DungeonvsGrounded
Endless Dungeon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grounded leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Endless DungeonGrounded
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Endless Dungeon leans harder on execution: Twin-stick shooting during wave defenses
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Endless Dungeon leans harder on variance: Procedural floors and random resource rooms
Optimization6 vs 6
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.