Building comparison
head to head
Mad FathervsOmori
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Mad Father
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A scripted RPG-Maker horror testing puzzle-solving and route knowledge.
Omori
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A psychological horror RPG where a shut-in's dream world slowly cracks around a buried truth.
Mad Father leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Omori leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Mad FatherOmori
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mad Father
Light chase sequences barely test the hands
Omori
Turn-based menus, no dexterity needed
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mad Father
Scripted horror events, nothing adapts
Omori
Scripted encounters throughout
Variance3 vs 2
Mad Father leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Mad Father
Scares and puzzle items are unknown on first playthrough
Omori
Minor drop and emotion randomness
Optimization4 vs 5
Omori leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Mad Father
Item puzzles and ending routes are fully mappable
Omori
Emotion triangle and follow-ups are easily 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.