Building comparison
head to head
Ghost MastervsSanitarium
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Ghost Master
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A haunting puzzle-strategy game testing combo planning against rule-driven mortals.
Sanitarium
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A classic psychological adventure where an amnesiac navigates surreal delusions to recover his identity.
Ghost Master leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sanitarium leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Ghost MasterSanitarium
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.
Ghost Master
Assigning ghosts to fetters needs no dexterity
Sanitarium
Point-and-click navigation requires no dexterity
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
Sanitarium
No opponents; the delusions follow a fixed narrative
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Ghost Master
Mortal behaviour wanders but follows mappable logic
Sanitarium
Surreal puzzle logic is unknown until reasoned out
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Ghost Master
Ghost-power combos and plasm economy solve each haunting
Sanitarium
Every chapter is a deterministic puzzle to solve
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.