Building comparison
head to head
Run 3vsSuper Mario World
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Run 3
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A runner platformer where you rotate gravity around endless tunnels of crumbling tiles.
Super Mario World
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.
Run 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Run 3Super Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Run 3 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Run 3
Fast gravity-rotating platforming is a pure hands test.
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Run 3
No opponents in the tunnels.
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Variance2 vs 1
Run 3 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Run 3
Infinite mode tiles randomize lightly.
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Run 3
Character choice and route lines help.
Super Mario World
Secret exits and route knowledge add a modest solvable layer
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.