head to head
vs
New Star Soccer 5vsPapers, Please
New Star Soccer 5 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Papers, Please leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
New Star Soccer 5Papers, Please
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
New Star Soccer 5 leans harder on execution: Aiming shots and passes needs some precision
Reads2 vs 0
New Star Soccer 5 leans harder on reads: AI opponents don't adapt to model your play
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.