head to head
vs
Mount Your FriendsvsSteep
Mount Your Friends leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Steep leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mount Your FriendsSteep
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Mount Your Friends leans harder on execution: QWOP-like limb control under a timer is the entire challenge
Reads2 vs 0
Mount Your Friends leans harder on reads: Rivals shape the tower but climbing is solo execution
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Steep leans harder on optimization: Line choice and trick scoring math reward study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.