head to head
vs
Psychonauts 2vsSpace Station Silicon Valley
Psychonauts 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Space Station Silicon Valley leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Psychonauts 2Space Station Silicon Valley
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Space Station Silicon Valley leans harder on variance: Which animal solves which puzzle is unknown until tried
Optimization6 vs 7
Space Station Silicon Valley leans harder on optimization: Matching animal abilities to level objectives is the core puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.