Building comparison
head to head
FactoriovsTransport Tycoon Deluxe
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Factorio
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A factory-engineering sandbox about scaling throughput against your own bottlenecks.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The definitive transport network sim where perfect rail signaling and routing is the whole game.
Factorio leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Transport Tycoon Deluxe leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
FactorioTransport Tycoon Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Factorio leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Factorio
Some APM in early hand-crafting; otherwise irrelevant.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Pausable map clicking, 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.
Factorio
Biters follow fixed pollution rules; no adaptive opponent.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
AI competitors follow simple mappable logic
Variance1 vs 2
Transport Tycoon Deluxe leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Factorio
Resource patch placement adds minor map randomness.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Industry placement and economy events add slight noise
Optimization10 vs 10
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Factorio
Throughput, ratios, and logistics are the entire game.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Signal logic and network throughput are literally an engineering problem
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.