Building comparison
head to head
PewDiePie's Tuber SimulatorvsThe Sims
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator
Optimization · Pure Optimization
An idle economy where optimal purchase order and room layout do everything.
The Sims
Optimization · Pure Optimization
An open-ended needs-and-money system that rewards efficient scheduling.
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Sims leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
PewDiePie's Tuber SimulatorThe Sims
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
The Sims leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator
Tapping menus requires nothing
The Sims
Clicking menus has no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator
No opponent exists to predict
The Sims
Sims run need-driven scripts, not minds
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator
Minor event RNG around video topics
The Sims
Event rolls add flavour, all quickly mapped
Optimization5 vs 6
The Sims leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator
View-per-cost room layouts and upgrade order are the entire game
The Sims
Need scheduling, career grinding and money loops are solvable
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.