Building comparison
head to head
Gone HomevsThe Suicide of Rachel Foster
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Gone Home
Optimization · Light / Casual
A first-person exploration about returning to an empty family home.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Optimization · Light / Casual
A first-person mystery set in a snowed-in hotel, driven entirely by exploration and phone calls.
Gone Home leans Optimization (Light / Casual); The Suicide of Rachel Foster leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Gone HomeThe Suicide of Rachel Foster
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gone Home
Pure walking and inspection.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Walking a hotel; no dexterity test.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gone Home
No opponents.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
No opponent; a phone companion guides you.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gone Home
Notes and items are fixed.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Fixed mystery; nothing randomised.
Optimization2 vs 2
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gone Home
Order of discovery hardly matters.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Light navigation and clue-following through the hotel.
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.