head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Hand-drawn puzzle where overlapping illustrated panels unlock impossible connections.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A courtroom drama where finding the single correct piece of evidence to shatter each witness's testimony is the loop.
Gorogoa leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gorogoa
Dragging panels requires no skill
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Menu-based courtroom; zero physical skill
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gorogoa
No opponent exists
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Witnesses follow scripted testimony; no adaptive opponent
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gorogoa
Solutions unknown on first encounter only
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Hidden contradictions in testimony are unknown until pressed
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gorogoa
Each panel arrangement has one elegant solvable answer
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Identifying the precise contradiction and presenting the correct evidence is fully solvable
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.