head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Story-driven Hitman entry trading open sandboxes for tighter cinematic stealth.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game about solving surreal dream-logic challenges.
Hitman: Absolution leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Suicide Guy 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.
Hitman: Absolution
Cover stealth, point-shooting, and tighter action sequences
Suicide Guy
Some platforming, but timing rarely strict
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hitman: Absolution
Enemies follow scripted detection logic
Suicide Guy
Solo dream puzzles, no adversary
Hitman: Absolution leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Hitman: Absolution
Disguise suspicion feels fuzzy until learned
Suicide Guy
Puzzle setups are fixed, nothing random
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hitman: Absolution
Linear-ish levels still reward planned routes
Suicide Guy
Figuring out each dream's puzzle solution is the game
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.