head to head
vs
Once HumanvsRisk of Rain
Once Human leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Risk of Rain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Once HumanRisk of Rain
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Risk of Rain leans harder on execution: Dodging projectiles and platforming under scaling pressure.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Risk of Rain leans harder on variance: Item drops and stage rolls dominate run identity.
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.