head to head
vs
Hotel Dusk: Room 215vsPolicenauts
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Policenauts leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Hotel Dusk: Room 215Policenauts
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Policenauts leans harder on execution: Occasional shooting galleries need quick, accurate clicks.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 4
Policenauts leans harder on variance: Hidden conspiracy details drive the investigative tension.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.