Building comparison
head to head
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & PunishmentsvsThis Is the Police
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A detective adventure about gathering evidence and assembling deduction chains across six cases.
This Is the Police
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A noir management game where a corrupt retiring police chief juggles dispatches, mobsters, and money.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & PunishmentsThis Is the Police
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Minor minigames, no real dexterity ceiling
This Is the Police
Menu-driven dispatching, no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Suspects are scripted, nothing adapts to you
This Is the Police
Mob and city events are scripted
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Clues are hidden but fixed until discovered
This Is the Police
Call outcomes and officer rolls are uncertain
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Deduction chains have correct solvable answers
This Is the Police
Staffing, dispatch triage, and cash management solvable
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.