Building comparison
head to head
Might & Magic Heroes VIIvsPlague Inc: Evolved
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A turn-based fantasy strategy game where economy and army optimization decide games.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Engineer a pandemic; evolution order is the puzzle.
Might & Magic Heroes VII leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Might & Magic Heroes VIIPlague Inc: Evolved
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.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
no reflex demand, turn-based strategy
Plague Inc: Evolved
no reflex
Reads2 vs 1
Might & Magic Heroes VII leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
human opponents can be out-maneuvered strategically
Plague Inc: Evolved
world response scripted
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
combat rolls and map resource randomness
Plague Inc: Evolved
country event timing
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
army building and economy optimization dominate
Plague Inc: Evolved
evolution order heavily solved
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.