head to head
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Mind Snares: Alice's Journey, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A faction-driven RPG-shooter where build and route planning shape every ending.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A hidden-object puzzle adventure solving fixed logic chains through a dream world.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mind Snares: Alice's Journey leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on execution.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
Point-and-click pace, no motor demands
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
Solo puzzle adventure with no adaptive opponent
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout: New Vegas
Some loot and crit RNG
Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
Hidden-object placement randomized lightly per scene
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on optimization.
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
Solving fixed puzzles and logic chains 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.