head to head
vs
InsurmountablevsSunless Sea
Insurmountable leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Sunless Sea leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
InsurmountableSunless Sea
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance7 vs 7
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Insurmountable leans harder on optimization: Resource budgeting across oxygen, sanity and stamina is solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.