head to head
vs
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver EarringvsSunless Sea
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Sunless Sea leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver EarringSunless Sea
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Sunless Sea leans harder on execution: Slow boat combat barely tests the hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance7 vs 7
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Sunless Sea leans harder on optimization: Trade routes and fuel math converge once mapped
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.