Building comparison
head to head
Escape from Monkey IslandvsPilgrims
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Escape from Monkey Island
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A comedic point-and-click adventure of pirate puzzles with fixed solutions.
Pilgrims
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Tests playful experimentation with item combinations across a small storybook world.
Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pilgrims leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Escape from Monkey IslandPilgrims
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Escape from Monkey Island
Pointing and walking only
Pilgrims
Playing cards on scenes takes no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Escape from Monkey Island
No opponent
Pilgrims
Charming NPCs react predictably, never adapt
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Escape from Monkey Island
Puzzle solutions hidden until discovered
Pilgrims
Outcomes are scripted-but-unknown until experimented with
Optimization6 vs 5
Escape from Monkey Island leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Escape from Monkey Island
Once known, every puzzle has one fixed answer
Pilgrims
Finding multiple item-combination solutions is the whole game
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.