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Shadowrun Returns leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS) - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - Hidden rolls and loot tables
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (2 vs 3) - Balance and traversal inputs, modest demands.
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - No adaptive opposition
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - All enemies scripted with fixed attack patterns
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