Building comparison
head to head
Fallout SheltervsUnheard
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Fallout Shelter
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A vault management sim about optimising dwellers, rooms, and resource loops.
Unheard
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
An audio detective game where you identify suspects by eavesdropping on crime-scene recordings.
Fallout Shelter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Unheard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Fallout ShelterUnheard
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout Shelter
Tapping menus only
Unheard
Just scrubbing a timeline and listening
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout Shelter
No opponent
Unheard
No opponent, recorded voices only
Variance4 vs 5
Unheard leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Fallout Shelter
Incident spawns and lunchbox loot rolls
Unheard
Identities are hidden until audio clues connect
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout Shelter
Dweller stats and room layout are fully solvable
Unheard
Cross-referencing fixed conversations solves each case
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.