head to head
vs
The Sinking CityvsWest of Loathing
The Sinking City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); West of Loathing leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
The Sinking CityWest of Loathing
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
The Sinking City leans harder on execution: Clunky combat is deliberately undemanding
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
The Sinking City leans harder on optimization: Cross-referencing evidence and city archives is the deduction core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.