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Supermarket Simulator cover artvsThe Urbz: Sims in the City cover art

Supermarket SimulatorvsThe Urbz: Sims in the City

Supermarket Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Urbz: Sims in the City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Supermarket SimulatorThe Urbz: Sims in the City

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Supermarket Simulator leans harder on execution: Stocking and checkout are light manual busywork.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Supermarket Simulator leans harder on optimization: Pricing margins, ordering and shelf layout drive growth.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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The Urbz: Sims in the City