head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A baseball general-manager simulation focused on front-office decisions.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Engineer a pandemic; evolution order is the puzzle.
MLB Front Office Manager leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
MLB Front Office Manager
no direct control, pure management
Plague Inc: Evolved
no reflex
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
MLB Front Office Manager
AI GMs follow modelable patterns
Plague Inc: Evolved
world response scripted
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
MLB Front Office Manager
random player development and injuries
Plague Inc: Evolved
country event timing
Plague Inc: Evolved leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
MLB Front Office Manager
roster building and trade strategy
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.