head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Systems & Chaos
Surveillance thriller where you decide which citizens' secrets to report to the state.

Variance · Systems & Chaos
Navigating unseen spaces by sound while rationing the noise that summons danger.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Perception leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Perception leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Reading and clicking documents only
Perception
Echolocation taps and walking ask little of the hands
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Story characters are scripted, not adaptive
Perception
The Presence triggers on scripted noise thresholds
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Truth is hidden until you uncover contradicting datachunks
Perception
Blind navigation makes layouts hidden information at first
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Choosing which evidence to upload steers fixed outcomes
Perception
Managing noise and learning routes converges quickly
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.