head to head
vs
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenvsPhasmophobia
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Phasmophobia leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenPhasmophobia
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 1
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans harder on execution: Stealth positioning before combat demands spatial precision
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 7
Phasmophobia leans harder on variance: Ghost type and evidence rolls are hidden each contract.
Optimization8 vs 6
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans harder on optimization: Stalker trait loadouts and pre-combat positioning are tight optimization puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.