Building comparison
head to head
SuperliminalvsThe Pedestrian
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Superliminal
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A perspective puzzle game where objects resize to match how they look when you set them down.
The Pedestrian
Optimization · Pure Optimization
You play a sign-figure rearranging public signage into traversable puzzles.
Superliminal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Pedestrian leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
SuperliminalThe Pedestrian
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Superliminal
Forced-perspective placement needs light spatial precision
The Pedestrian
Forgiving platforming inside the signs
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Superliminal
No opponent; solo perspective puzzle
The Pedestrian
No adversary present
Variance0 vs 0
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Superliminal
All rooms are deterministic
The Pedestrian
Deterministic sign-rearranging puzzles
Optimization7 vs 8
The Pedestrian leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Superliminal
Understanding forced-perspective growth rules to size objects into the correct shape
The Pedestrian
Panel connections reduce to clean solvable graphs
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.