Building comparison
head to head
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisvsThimbleweed Park
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Optimization · Pure Optimization
LucasArts adventure sending Indy down three routes toward Atlantis.
Thimbleweed Park
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A self-aware mystery adventure testing systematic multi-character puzzle solving in a classic idiom.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Thimbleweed Park leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisThimbleweed Park
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Pointing and clicking, light fistfight option
Thimbleweed Park
Classic SCUMM-style interface with no twitch elements
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
No adaptive opposition
Thimbleweed Park
Scripted mystery narrative; NPCs never adapt to player choices
Variance2 vs 1
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Solutions hidden until reasoned out
Thimbleweed Park
Deterministic puzzles throughout the game
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Three-path puzzle chains reward deduction
Thimbleweed Park
Multi-character inventory puzzles demand systematic causal reasoning
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.