Building comparison
head to head
Ghost MastervsPortal 2
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Ghost Master demands more variance; Portal 2 demands more execution.
Ghost Master
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A haunting puzzle-strategy game testing combo planning against rule-driven mortals.
Portal 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Ghost Master leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Ghost MasterPortal 2
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 3
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Ghost Master
Assigning ghosts to fetters needs no dexterity
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Ghost Master
Mortal AI panics by rules, not by modelling you
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Variance2 vs 0
Ghost Master leans clearly harder on variance.
Ghost Master
Mortal behaviour wanders but follows mappable logic
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Optimization7 vs 9
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Ghost Master
Ghost-power combos and plasm economy solve each haunting
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
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.