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Heartopia cover artvsMurdered: Soul Suspect cover art

HeartopiavsMurdered: Soul Suspect

Heartopia leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
HeartopiaMurdered: Soul Suspect

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Heartopia leans harder on reads: Other players socialise but rarely oppose you

Variance2 vs 3

Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on variance: Clues and case answers are hidden until found

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Murdered: Soul Suspect