Building comparison
head to head
ForagervsPoly Bridge 2
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Forager
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A compulsive grind-and-automate sandbox where optimizing the resource loop is the whole game.
Poly Bridge 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Physics bridge-builder where cheaper, weirder solutions are the real game.
Forager leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Poly Bridge 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
ForagerPoly Bridge 2
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Forager
Click-and-walk inputs, no dexterity ceiling
Poly Bridge 2
Mouse-driven building has no dexterity pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Forager
No opponents
Poly Bridge 2
No adversary present
Variance2 vs 1
Forager leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Forager
Minor drop randomness, quickly irrelevant
Poly Bridge 2
Deterministic physics; outcomes are fully replayable
Optimization8 vs 9
Poly Bridge 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Forager
Pure economy loop: automate, expand, compound
Poly Bridge 2
Budget-constrained engineering is a pure optimization problem
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.