head to head
vs
Murdered: Soul SuspectvsPokémon: Magikarp Jump
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pokémon: Magikarp Jump leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Murdered: Soul SuspectPokémon: Magikarp Jump
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on execution: Walking and clue-clicking; demon stealth is trivial
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on optimization: Deduction sequences are guided puzzles with known answers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.