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

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Solving job-system builds and grid positioning against mappable tactical AI.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A survival city builder driven by harsh resource and law optimization.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Frostpunk leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Turn-based menus; hands are irrelevant
Frostpunk
Pausable strategy with no input precision.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Rare multiplayer aside, AI follows mappable behaviour
Frostpunk
No adaptive opponent in the survival city.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Hit percentages and charge interrupts add bounded randomness
Frostpunk
Scenario events and weather pulses add tension.
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Job builds, JP economy and positioning math decide everything
Frostpunk
Resource routing, laws, and heat are 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.