head to head
vs
From the DarknessvsMurdered: Soul Suspect
From the Darkness leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
From the DarknessMurdered: Soul Suspect
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
From the Darkness leans harder on variance: What lurks in the apartment is hidden until encountered
Optimization3 vs 4
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on optimization: Deduction sequences are guided puzzles with known answers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.