head to head
Microsoft MinesweepervsSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Microsoft MinesweeperSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 0
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
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans harder on variance: The case's clues are hidden information you must gather
Optimization7 vs 5
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on optimization: Constraint deduction from number clues is fully solvable logic
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.