Building comparison
head to head
Hollow KnightvsMirror's Edge Catalyst
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Hollow Knight
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A precision metroidvania about learning fixed boss patterns and tight platforming.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Open-world reboot of Mirror's Edge centered on free-running across the city of Glass.
Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mirror's Edge Catalyst leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hollow KnightMirror's Edge Catalyst
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Hollow Knight leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Hollow Knight
Precise platforming and pogo timing dominate hard content.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Flow-state parkour with timing-based combat
Reads1 vs 0
Hollow Knight leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Hollow Knight
Bosses run scripted attack pools; not adaptive.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Enemies are scripted obstacles
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hollow Knight
Negligible; world layout is fixed.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Open world is static once explored
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hollow Knight
Charm builds and boss routes are fully learnable.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Time trials reward optimal route discovery
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.