Building comparison
head to head
LMA Manager 2007vsSurviving Mars
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
LMA Manager 2007
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A football club management simulation game.
Surviving Mars
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Colonize Mars by stacking dome layouts and supply chains.
LMA Manager 2007 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Surviving Mars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
LMA Manager 2007Surviving Mars
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Surviving Mars leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
LMA Manager 2007
no direct execution, pure management sim
Surviving Mars
pausable, no reflex
Reads1 vs 0
LMA Manager 2007 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
LMA Manager 2007
AI managers scripted, minimal true adaptivity
Surviving Mars
no adversary
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
LMA Manager 2007
match simulation outcomes carry randomness
Surviving Mars
disasters, sponsor traits
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
LMA Manager 2007
tactics, transfers, and finances are deeply solvable
Surviving Mars
dome layouts and supply chains
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.