head to head
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim asks more than Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A puzzle adventure built on solving fixed alchemy and logic challenges.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
An open-world RPG mostly about discovering and stacking exploitable progression systems.
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans clearly harder on execution.
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
Click-driven with no twitch demands
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Combat is forgiving; aim and timing rarely punish you.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
No adaptive opponent in this solo story
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Enemy AI is scripted and exploitable; not adaptive.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
Puzzles are fixed once examined, not random
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Loot tables and leveled lists inject mild randomness.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
Alchemy crafting and puzzle logic are the solvable core
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skill stacking, enchant loops, and exploits are deeply solvable.
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.