head to head
Money Puzzle Exchanger asks more than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A sprawling open-world crime epic with RPG-style character stats across a whole state.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A falling-block puzzle testing fast coin-combining under accelerating speed.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Money Puzzle Exchanger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Money Puzzle Exchanger leans clearly harder on execution.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Flying school and drive-bys need decent hands
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Fast coin manipulation under accelerating speed
Money Puzzle Exchanger leans clearly harder on reads.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gang AI is scripted, never adaptive
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Versus play adds light pressure, no deep modeling
Money Puzzle Exchanger leans clearly harder on variance.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Territory wars and traffic add light randomness
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Falling coin order is bounded randomness
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Stats, gym, weapon skill, and routes reward systematic play
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Chaining exchanges optimally is the scoring core
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.