Building comparison
head to head
Forgotton AnnevsValiant Hearts: The Great War
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Forgotton Anne
Optimization · Light / Casual
A hand-animated narrative platformer where story choices outweigh its gentle puzzles.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A heartfelt WWI puzzle adventure following four lives through the trenches.
Forgotton Anne leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Forgotton AnneValiant Hearts: The Great War
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Forgotton Anne leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Forgotton Anne
Light platforming with forgiving timing
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Gentle timing in a few chase sequences
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Forgotton Anne
No adversaries
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
No opponent
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Forgotton Anne
Branching dialogue hides some outcomes initially
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Fixed puzzles, fully visible
Optimization3 vs 4
Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Forgotton Anne
Simple energy puzzles with fixed solutions
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Simple inventory and environmental puzzles with set solutions
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.