head to head
vs
Sea of ThievesvsThe Ship: Murder Party
Sea of Thieves leans Reads (Competitive PvP); The Ship: Murder Party leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction).
Sea of ThievesThe Ship: Murder Party
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 3
Sea of Thieves leans harder on execution: Ship sailing and naval gunnery require hands
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
The Ship: Murder Party leans harder on variance: Unknown quarry assignments and weapon luck cloud each round.
Optimization5 vs 4
Sea of Thieves leans harder on optimization: Routes, loadouts, ship setups solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.