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
A musou spinoff of Fire Emblem: Three Houses blending hack-and-slash combat with light tactics.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A hybrid real-time and tactical action RPG in a digital city.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Transistor 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.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Real-time combat is forgiving hack-and-slash
Transistor
Real-time and planned hybrid combat.
Transistor leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Enemy commanders follow scripted AI
Transistor
Process enemies follow scripts.
Transistor leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Minor drop and recruitment randomness
Transistor
Limited randomness.
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Class builds, unit orders, weapon triangle, map management decide battles
Transistor
Function loadouts have deep optimization.
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.