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
Noir DS adventure about interrogating hotel guests to unpick a mystery.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A cozy hidden-object stroll testing observation more than any system mastery.
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Please, Touch The Artwork 2 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.
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Stylus puzzles need negligible dexterity
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
Pointing at paintings has no skill ceiling
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Characters follow a fixed narrative script
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
No opponent exists in the gallery
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Story info hidden until questioned out
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
Hidden objects sit in fixed authored spots
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Choosing right dialogue and solving set puzzles
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
Spotting and light puzzle logic is the whole gentle test
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.