head to head
vs
Payday: The HeistvsShovel Knight Dig
Payday: The Heist leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight Dig leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Payday: The HeistShovel Knight Dig
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Shovel Knight Dig leans harder on execution: Precise digging, bouncing and combat timing required
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Shovel Knight Dig leans harder on variance: Procedurally generated descents vary each run
Optimization5 vs 5
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.