head to head
vs
Patrician IVvsStronghold
Patrician IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stronghold leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Patrician IVStronghold
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Stronghold leans harder on execution: minimal, mostly clicking and management
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Patrician IV leans harder on variance: Market prices and piracy add bounded fluctuation
Optimization9 vs 9
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.