Building comparison
head to head
Papo & YovsPlanet of Lana
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Papo & Yo
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Working out scripted environmental puzzles with light platforming in a narrative world.
Planet of Lana
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Painterly cinematic puzzle platformer about a girl and her cat-like companion.
Papo & Yo leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Planet of Lana leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Papo & YoPlanet of Lana
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Papo & Yo
Light platforming jumps with forgiving timing
Planet of Lana
Gentle platforming and chase sequences
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Papo & Yo
Monster's frenzy follows fixed trigger rules, not a mind
Planet of Lana
Machines follow scripted patterns
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Papo & Yo
Puzzles are fully scripted, nothing random
Planet of Lana
Fully authored puzzles
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Papo & Yo
Each environmental puzzle has one discoverable solution
Planet of Lana
Companion-command puzzles have single solutions
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.