head to head
vs
Five Nights at Freddy's 4vsIcarus
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Icarus leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Five Nights at Freddy's 4Icarus
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 leans harder on variance: Random animatronic positions stay hidden behind audio cues
Optimization6 vs 7
Icarus leans harder on optimization: Mission-scoped tech routing and extraction planning are the solvable loop
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.