head to head
vs
The Jackbox Party Pack 3vsTown of Salem
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 leans Reads (Bluff & Deduction); Town of Salem leans Reads (Pure Mind Games).
The Jackbox Party Pack 3Town of Salem
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 leans harder on execution: Phones-as-controllers, near-zero dexterity.
Reads6 vs 9
Town of Salem leans harder on reads: Modelling human bluffers who adapt to your deductions is the game
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 4
Town of Salem leans harder on optimization: Role knowledge and voting strategy are learnable optimal policies
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.