Building comparison
head to head
Pokémon Blue VersionvsSid Meier's Civilization
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Pokémon Blue Version
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A solvable type-matchup system wrapped in collection and light RNG.
Sid Meier's Civilization
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Long-horizon empire optimization over a randomly dealt but mappable map.
Pokémon Blue Version leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Pokémon Blue VersionSid Meier's Civilization
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Pokémon Blue Version
Menu battles have no physical component
Sid Meier's Civilization
Turn-based clicking, zero physical demand
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Pokémon Blue Version
Trainer AI is fixed; only link battles add fleeting prediction
Sid Meier's Civilization
AI leaders follow mappable personalities, not adaptive minds
Variance3 vs 4
Sid Meier's Civilization leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Pokémon Blue Version
Encounter rolls, catch rates and crits add mapped randomness
Sid Meier's Civilization
Map generation and combat rolls hide early information
Optimization8 vs 9
Sid Meier's Civilization leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Pokémon Blue Version
Type chart and team building make the campaign solvable
Sid Meier's Civilization
Tech routing, expansion and economy are deeply 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.