head to head
Microsoft MinesweepervsNubby's Number Factory
Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Nubby's Number Factory leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Microsoft MinesweeperNubby's Number Factory
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on execution: Click speed only matters for leaderboard times
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 7
Nubby's Number Factory leans harder on variance: Peg bounces are physics RNG every launch
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.