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Flow Free cover artvsThe Swapper cover art

Flow FreevsThe Swapper

Flow Free leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Swapper leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Flow FreeThe Swapper

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

The Swapper leans harder on optimization: Clone-placement puzzles have fixed solvable solutions

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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