head to head
vs
Monument Valley 2vsPushmo
Monument Valley 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pushmo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Monument Valley 2Pushmo
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Monument Valley 2 leans harder on variance: Deterministic authored levels
Optimization6 vs 8
Pushmo leans harder on optimization: Block-extrusion climbing reduces to pure planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.