Building comparison
head to head
INMOSTvsOwlboy
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
INMOST
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Dark pixel-art puzzle platformer interweaving three characters in one grim tale.
Owlboy
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A lovingly pixelled aerial adventure where Otus carries gunner friends through floating islands.
INMOST leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Owlboy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
INMOSTOwlboy
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
INMOST
Light platforming and evasion sequences
Owlboy
Flying and gunner-swapping in light combat
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
INMOST
Hazards and pursuers are scripted
Owlboy
Scripted pirates and bosses
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
INMOST
Fully authored linear story
Owlboy
Hand-crafted, deterministic world
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
INMOST
Environmental puzzles with single solutions
Owlboy
Boss patterns and secrets are learnable
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.