Building comparison
head to head
Supermarket SimulatorvsThe Medium
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Supermarket Simulator
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A first-person shop management sim about stocking shelves, setting prices and growing a small supermarket.
The Medium
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A fixed-camera horror puzzle game solved by methodical dual-world navigation and item sequencing.
Supermarket Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Medium leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Supermarket SimulatorThe Medium
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.
Supermarket Simulator
Stocking and checkout are light manual busywork.
The Medium
Third-person movement and simple stealth; very low 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.
Supermarket Simulator
Customers follow simple scripted demand.
The Medium
No adaptive opponents; Maw is a scripted threat
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Supermarket Simulator
Daily customer flow varies a little.
The Medium
Some item locations hidden on first run
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Supermarket Simulator
Pricing margins, ordering and shelf layout drive growth.
The Medium
Dual-world puzzle solutions are deterministic and fully learnable
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.