head to head
vs
Farthest FrontiervsMini Metro
Farthest Frontier leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mini Metro leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Farthest FrontierMini Metro
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Mini Metro leans harder on execution: light real-time line-drawing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 9
Mini Metro leans harder on optimization: line topology and routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.