head to head
vs
The Day BeforevsTricky Towers
The Day Before leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
The Day BeforeTricky Towers
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Tricky Towers leans harder on execution: Placing physics bricks fast under pressure is the core test
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
The Day Before leans harder on variance: Loot spawns and unknown player positions add uncertainty
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.