Building comparison
head to head
Simon the SorcerervsThe Cat Lady
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Simon the Sorcerer
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A sarcastic British comedy adventure where a teenage wizard rescues an old sorcerer from an evil rival.
The Cat Lady
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A dark adventure game about a suicidal woman granted immortality to hunt five psychopaths.
Simon the Sorcerer leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Simon the SorcererThe Cat Lady
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
The Cat Lady leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Simon the Sorcerer
Verb-and-click; zero reflex requirement.
The Cat Lady
Side-scrolling adventure controls require 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.
Simon the Sorcerer
Fantasy parodies are static set dressing.
The Cat Lady
The Parasites are story antagonists, not adaptive opponents
Variance3 vs 2
Simon the Sorcerer leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Simon the Sorcerer
Some obscure item uses surprise first playthroughs.
The Cat Lady
Mild unknowns in puzzle solutions on a blind playthrough
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Simon the Sorcerer
Classic inventory puzzle chains with fixed solutions.
The Cat Lady
Adventure-game puzzles have fixed discoverable solutions
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.