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Fallout Shelter cover artvsKitty Powers' Matchmaker cover art

Fallout SheltervsKitty Powers' Matchmaker

Fallout Shelter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Kitty Powers' Matchmaker leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Fallout ShelterKitty Powers' Matchmaker

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Kitty Powers' Matchmaker leans harder on execution: Tapping menus and minigames takes minimal dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Fallout Shelter leans harder on optimization: Dweller stats and room layout are fully solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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