head to head
vs
Oxygen Not IncludedvsSurviving Mars
Oxygen Not Included leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Surviving Mars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Oxygen Not IncludedSurviving Mars
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Oxygen Not Included leans harder on variance: Asteroid seed and geyser placement carry meaningful but bounded randomness
Optimization10 vs 9
Oxygen Not Included leans harder on optimization: Gas, liquid, and power engineering are essentially a solvable engineering puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.