head to head

Red Ball 4 cover artvsSuper Mario Run cover art

Red Ball 4vsSuper Mario Run

Red Ball 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Red Ball 4Super Mario Run

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Super Mario Run leans harder on optimization: Routing perfect coin runs is a solvable layout 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.

full breakdown

Red Ball 4

full breakdown

Super Mario Run