head to head
vs
SteamWorld Heist IIvsTerraria
SteamWorld Heist II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Terraria leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
SteamWorld Heist IITerraria
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
SteamWorld Heist II leans harder on execution: aiming shots with ricochet trajectory precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
SteamWorld Heist II leans harder on variance: cover destruction and hit-chance randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
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.