head to head
Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo demands more variance; Portal 2 demands more execution.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A supernatural mystery where understanding each curse's exact conditions across multiple protagonists is the puzzle.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person puzzle game where seeing the solution is the whole skill.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Menu-based horror exploration; no physical demands
Portal 2
Portal placement requires some precision but timing is lenient.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Curse interactions and NPCs are fully scripted
Portal 2
No opponent; puzzles are static.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo leans clearly harder on variance.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Multiple cursed protagonists and hidden curse conditions create deep uncertainty
Portal 2
Puzzles are deterministic with no randomness.
Portal 2 leans clearly harder on optimization.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Mapping all curse rules and protagonist routes to reach the true ending is solvable
Portal 2
Solving the puzzle's logic IS the entire game.
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.