Building comparison
head to head
Still Wakes the DeepvsYanloveless Simulator
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Still Wakes the Deep
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
A linear horror chase game tested by nerve management and environmental navigation under scripted creature pressure.
Yanloveless Simulator
Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Learning scripted NPC routines and choice consequences in a yandere-style fangame.
Still Wakes the Deep leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Yanloveless Simulator leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Still Wakes the DeepYanloveless Simulator
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Still Wakes the Deep
Narrow corridor sprints and climbing sections under creature pressure
Yanloveless Simulator
Basic third-person navigation, little twitch demand
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 Wakes the Deep
No adaptive opponent; creature follows scripted trigger events
Yanloveless Simulator
NPC routines are scripted schedules, not adaptive minds
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 Wakes the Deep
Creature patrol windows and some object locations are unknown first run
Yanloveless Simulator
Story outcomes hide behind unexplored choice branches
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Still Wakes the Deep
Safe-path knowledge and object-use sequences are memorisable
Yanloveless Simulator
Learning NPC schedules and choice consequences drives progress
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.