Building comparison
head to head
Serious Sam 2vsShadowgrounds Survivor
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Serious Sam 2
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cartoonish horde shooter sequel of planet-hopping monster massacres.
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Kiting scripted alien swarms with top-down aim and upgrade planning.
Serious Sam 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shadowgrounds Survivor leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Serious Sam 2Shadowgrounds Survivor
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Serious Sam 2
Sustained horde-clearing aim and strafing
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Kiting alien swarms with top-down aim is the core demand
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Serious Sam 2
Enemy waves are entirely scripted
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Aliens charge on simple scripted aggression
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Serious Sam 2
Cartoon set-pieces surprise once
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Spawn waves vary slightly in survival mode
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Serious Sam 2
Target priority and arena routes are learnable
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Weapon upgrade order and positioning reward planning
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.