head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A squad shooter about leading a resistance through occupied New York, balancing gunplay with simple squad orders.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Plannable stealth routing punctuated by precise ballistic marksmanship.
Freedom Fighters leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sniper Elite III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sniper Elite III leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Freedom Fighters
Third-person gunplay and squad command under fire
Sniper Elite III
Ballistic long shots demand steady, compensated aim
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Freedom Fighters
Soviet AI is scripted, not adaptive
Sniper Elite III
Enemy AI follows mappable alert and search routines
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Freedom Fighters
Minor encounter variation
Sniper Elite III
Patrol details and wind vary slightly per attempt
Sniper Elite III leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Freedom Fighters
Charisma economy and mission order across the map
Sniper Elite III
Open maps reward planned routes, sound masking and relocation
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.