head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Relaxing trucking sim with company-building progression.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
GBA Zelda built around shrinking to Minish size to re-see every room.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Truck handling, parking, gear control
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Crisp top-down combat, modest demands
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
No adaptive opponents
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
All opposition scripted
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Traffic, weather, cargo conditions
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Kinstone fusion outcomes semi-random
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Company growth, route, fleet management
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Size-shifting puzzles and fusion completionism
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.