head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
The original post-apocalyptic CRPG where character builds solve the wasteland.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A kingdom-management narrative where you ration gold and favors as a beleaguered king.
Fallout leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Yes, Your Grace leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fallout leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Fallout
Turn-based, no dexterity
Yes, Your Grace
Menu choices only
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout
No adaptive opposition
Yes, Your Grace
Petitioners are scripted, not adaptive
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fallout
To-hit rolls and random encounters
Yes, Your Grace
Outcomes of choices hidden on first run
Fallout leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Fallout
SPECIAL builds and quest routing are deeply solvable
Yes, Your Grace
Resource budgeting across known story beats is solvable
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.