Building comparison
head to head
The Cat LadyvsThe Inner World
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
The Cat Lady
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A dark adventure game about a suicidal woman granted immortality to hunt five psychopaths.
The Inner World
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Classic item-combination puzzle solving in a hand-drawn world.
The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Inner World leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
The Cat LadyThe Inner World
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
The Cat Lady leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
The Cat Lady
Side-scrolling adventure controls require no dexterity
The Inner World
Pointing and clicking, no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
The Cat Lady
The Parasites are story antagonists, not adaptive opponents
The Inner World
Asposia's characters are scripted
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
The Cat Lady
Mild unknowns in puzzle solutions on a blind playthrough
The Inner World
Puzzle states hidden until explored, then fixed
Optimization6 vs 6
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
The Cat Lady
Adventure-game puzzles have fixed discoverable solutions
The Inner World
Combining items through fixed puzzle logic is the game
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.