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

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

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Lane defense classic about managing a sun economy against shambling waves.
MLB Front Office Manager leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plants vs. Zombies 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
Plants vs. Zombies
Clicking to plant, minimal pressure
MLB Front Office Manager leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
MLB Front Office Manager
AI GMs follow modelable patterns
Plants vs. Zombies
Zombie waves follow set compositions
MLB Front Office Manager leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
MLB Front Office Manager
random player development and injuries
Plants vs. Zombies
Wave timing and lane pressure vary mildly
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
MLB Front Office Manager
roster building and trade strategy
Plants vs. Zombies
Sun economy and lane setups are near-solvable
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.