head to head
vs
Samorost 1vsThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Samorost 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Samorost 1The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans harder on execution: QTEs and heartbeat prompts need basic timing.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Samorost 1 leans harder on optimization: Each screen has one fixed solution sequence to find
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.