head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Variance · Light / Casual
A sci-fi mystery visual novel where survivors trapped in an underwater park unravel a layered truth.

Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Guided detective clue-hunting with hidden answers and minimal challenge.
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity leans Variance (Light / Casual); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
Reading only, no inputs of skill
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Walking and clue-clicking; demon stealth is trivial
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
No adaptive opposition
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Demons follow simple fixed patrols
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
Hidden narrative truth and locked routes drive first-run mystery
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Clues and case answers are hidden until found
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
Flag and route ordering to unlock the true ending
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Deduction sequences are guided puzzles with known answers
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.