head to head
vs
Incubation: Time Is Running OutvsTyranny
Incubation: Time Is Running Out leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tyranny leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Incubation: Time Is Running OutTyranny
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Incubation: Time Is Running Out leans harder on execution: Turn-based, no aiming or timing skill needed
Reads2 vs 1
Incubation: Time Is Running Out leans harder on reads: Alien AI is scripted, ambush-driven not adaptive
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.