head to head
vs
Outlast 2vsThe Three Stooges
Outlast 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Three Stooges leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Outlast 2The Three Stooges
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
The Three Stooges leans harder on execution: Timing-based minigames are the only skill surface
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
The Three Stooges leans harder on variance: Board events and minigame draws are random
Optimization3 vs 3
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.