Building comparison
head to head
GunpointvsThe Pedestrian
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Gunpoint
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Noir stealth puzzler about rewiring buildings so guards defeat themselves.
The Pedestrian
Optimization · Pure Optimization
You play a sign-figure rearranging public signage into traversable puzzles.
Gunpoint leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Pedestrian leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
GunpointThe Pedestrian
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gunpoint
Jump timing matters occasionally, lightly
The Pedestrian
Forgiving platforming inside the signs
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Gunpoint
Guards patrol on fixed scripts
The Pedestrian
No adversary present
Variance1 vs 0
Gunpoint leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Gunpoint
Levels fully visible and deterministic
The Pedestrian
Deterministic sign-rearranging puzzles
Optimization7 vs 8
The Pedestrian leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Gunpoint
Crosslink rewiring puzzles have clean optimal solutions
The Pedestrian
Panel connections reduce to clean solvable graphs
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.