head to head
vs
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can KillvsThis Is the Police
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can KillThis Is the Police
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.
Variance5 vs 4
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill leans harder on variance: The culprit and clues are hidden information to uncover
Optimization6 vs 7
This Is the Police leans harder on optimization: Staffing, dispatch triage, and cash management solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.