Building comparison
head to head
PortalvsRelicta
Portal asks more than Relicta, and the gap is execution.
Portal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
The portal-gun puzzle game whose solutions are everything.
Relicta
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Deterministic physics puzzles solved by reasoning about magnetism and gravity.
Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Relicta leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
PortalRelicta
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 2
Portal leans clearly harder on execution.
Portal
Portal placement timing modest.
Relicta
Walking between switches; timing rarely matters
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Portal
No adversary modeling player.
Relicta
No adversary in the puzzle chambers
Variance0 vs 0
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Portal
Deterministic chambers; no randomness.
Relicta
Every chamber is fully visible and deterministic
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Portal
Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
Relicta
Magnetism-gravity logic chains are the entire game
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.