head to head
vs
Muse DashvsStepMania
Muse Dash leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); StepMania leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Muse DashStepMania
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
StepMania leans harder on execution: Hitting dense arrow streams on time is literally everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 2
Muse Dash leans harder on optimization: Character buffs and chart memorization help margins
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.