Building comparison
head to head
Red Dead Redemption 2vsTomb Raider (2013)
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Lara's reboot blending cover shooting, climbing, and survival cinema.
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Dead Redemption 2Tomb Raider (2013)
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Bow aim, QTEs, and platforming timing matter.
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Scripted enemy waves, no adaptation.
Variance2 vs 1
Red Dead Redemption 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Minimal randomness in encounters.
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
Tomb Raider (2013)
Weapon upgrades and skill picks straightforward.
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.