Building comparison
head to head
Still LifevsThe Tiny Bang Story
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Still Life
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Uncovering a fixed murder mystery through inventory puzzles and deduction.
The Tiny Bang Story
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Hidden-object hunting and fixed machine puzzles testing observation and deduction.
Still Life leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Tiny Bang Story leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Still LifeThe Tiny Bang Story
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.
Still Life
Pointing and clicking carries no physical demand
The Tiny Bang Story
Clicking hidden objects has no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Still Life
The killer is a fixed narrative, not an adapting opponent
The Tiny Bang Story
No opponent exists in a wordless puzzle world
Variance3 vs 3
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Still Life
The mystery's facts are hidden until uncovered
The Tiny Bang Story
Hidden items stay unknown only until spotted
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Still Life
Inventory puzzles and deduction steps have fixed solutions
The Tiny Bang Story
Each machine puzzle has one fixed deducible solution
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.