head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Methodically scanning scenes and solving stock puzzles through a pirate story.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Decoding deliberately obscure puzzle triggers inside one repeating haunted hallway.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); P.T. leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
Clicking hidden objects has no physical ceiling
P.T.
Walking a looping hallway - no dexterity test
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
Story villains are fully scripted
P.T.
Lisa's hauntings trigger on hidden scripts, not adaptation
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
Object locations are unknown information until spotted
P.T.
Obscure trigger conditions are hidden information to map
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones
Scene-scanning and puzzle logic converge to a checklist
P.T.
Deciphering the cryptic final puzzle is the entire game
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.