head to head
Fallout: New Vegas asks more than Yandere Simulator, and the gap is optimization.

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

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Planning eliminations around fixed NPC schedules in a stealth sandbox.
Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Yandere Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter inputs with VATS assist
Yandere Simulator
Stealth timing matters; precision rarely decides outcomes
Fallout: New Vegas leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fallout: New Vegas
Scripted factions and enemies
Yandere Simulator
Students follow schedules, not adaptive minds
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
Yandere Simulator
NPC routines are scripted-but-unknown until observed
Fallout: New Vegas leans clearly harder on optimization.
Fallout: New Vegas
Faction routing, perks, builds heavily rewarded
Yandere Simulator
Planning eliminations around fixed schedules is the core puzzle
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.