head to head
vs
Fishing PlanetvsMoonlighter
Fishing Planet leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Moonlighter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fishing PlanetMoonlighter
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Moonlighter leans harder on execution: Dodge-heavy dungeon combat
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Fishing Planet leans harder on variance: Bite RNG and fish location uncertainty dominate sessions
Optimization7 vs 7
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.