Building comparison
head to head
MagickavsStarfield
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Magicka
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A chaotic co-op action game where wizards combine eight elements into thousands of spells, often frying each other.
Starfield
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Bethesda space RPG with ship and outpost systems.
Magicka leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Starfield leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
MagickaStarfield
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Magicka leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Magicka
Typing element combos quickly mid-combat is the hands test
Starfield
Shooter and piloting inputs
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Magicka
Enemies are scripted; friendly fire isn't adaptive
Starfield
Scripted NPC AI patterns
Variance2 vs 3
Starfield leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Magicka
Co-op friendly-fire chaos adds unpredictability
Starfield
Procedural planets, loot variance
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Magicka
Discovering and exploiting spell combinations dominates
Starfield
Ship building, outpost, perk routing
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.