head to head

Lost: Via Domus cover artvsMurdered: Soul Suspect cover art

Lost: Via DomusvsMurdered: Soul Suspect

Lost: Via Domus leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Lost: Via DomusMurdered: Soul Suspect

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.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Lost: Via Domus leans harder on optimization: Fuse-circuit puzzles and trades have fixed solutions

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

Lost: Via Domus

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Murdered: Soul Suspect