Building comparison
head to head
Planet of LanavsThe Plucky Squire
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Planet of Lana
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Painterly cinematic puzzle platformer about a girl and her cat-like companion.
The Plucky Squire
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Gentle dimension-hopping puzzles dressed in light action, testing little beyond insight.
Planet of Lana leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Plucky Squire leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Planet of LanaThe Plucky Squire
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.
Planet of Lana
Gentle platforming and chase sequences
The Plucky Squire
Light combat and platforming aimed at all ages
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Planet of Lana
Machines follow scripted patterns
The Plucky Squire
Scripted storybook enemies, nothing adapts
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Planet of Lana
Fully authored puzzles
The Plucky Squire
Every page-flip trick is authored
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Planet of Lana
Companion-command puzzles have single solutions
The Plucky Squire
2D-3D perspective puzzles are the real content
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.