head to head
vs
Shadows of DoubtvsSunless Sea
Shadows of Doubt leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Sunless Sea leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Shadows of DoubtSunless Sea
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 1
Shadows of Doubt leans harder on execution: Light sneaking and lockpicking; aim rarely decides cases
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance8 vs 7
Shadows of Doubt leans harder on variance: Seeing the killer's identity instantly solves every case
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.