head to head
vs
GunpointvsMole Mania
Gunpoint leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mole Mania leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
GunpointMole Mania
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Mole Mania leans harder on execution: Light action timing on top of the puzzles
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Mole Mania leans harder on optimization: Each room is a solvable ball-routing puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.