head to head
vs
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black WatervsSteamWorld Dig
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); SteamWorld Dig leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black WaterSteamWorld Dig
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
SteamWorld Dig leans harder on execution: Digging and platforming need modest precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water leans harder on variance: Unknown ghost spawns and routes until mapped on repeat runs
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.