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Fears to Fathom: Home Alone cover artvsThe Stanley Parable cover art

Fears to Fathom: Home AlonevsThe Stanley Parable

Fears to Fathom: Home Alone leans Variance (Light / Casual); The Stanley Parable leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Fears to Fathom: Home AloneThe Stanley Parable

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Fears to Fathom: Home Alone leans harder on execution: Walking and simple interactions only

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Fears to Fathom: Home Alone leans harder on variance: First-play tension comes from not knowing the script

Optimization2 vs 2

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.

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Fears to Fathom: Home Alone

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The Stanley Parable