head to head
vs
Poker Night 2vsSunless Sea
Poker Night 2 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Sunless Sea leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Poker Night 2Sunless Sea
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Sunless Sea leans harder on execution: Slow boat combat barely tests the hands
Reads2 vs 0
Poker Night 2 leans harder on reads: AI opponents have scripted tells and styles, not true adaptation.
Variance7 vs 7
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.