The Scale

The Monstergirl Scale

For determining if a game is like Vampire Survivors

-1 to 1 in 60 categories

Genre

1. Rogue-Lite 2. Auto-Shooter / Auto-Battler 3. Real Time 4. Top-Down or Isometric 5. Direct Control of Single Avatar Camera Usually Centered on Player 6. Arcade Style (Little Plot) 7. Bullet Heaven A Many Player Shots 8. Bullet Heaven B Few Enemy Shots / Damage on Touch Focus

Simple Movement Focused Controls

9. One Handed Play (With Controller) 10. Move Only 11. No Dash / Dodge 12. No Trigger 13. No Special Move Button 14. No Aiming 15. No On Attack / On Aim Movement Penalty

Survival Game Modes

16. Timed Survival / Boss Mode 17. Endless Mode 18. Unannounced & Organic Waves 19. High Enemy Count / "Horde"

Power Progression

20. Level on XP Gain Run Event 21. Streamlined Level Choices 22. Currency Based Meta Unlocks 23. Goal Based / Find Based Meta Unlocks

Depth of Buildcrafting

24. Build Crafting 25. Impactful Level / Item Options 26. Weapon Combination / Evolution 27. Interesting Weapon, Item & Ability Synergy 28. Invincible / Broken Builds Possible

Map / Level Features

29. Explorable Map 30. BIG Maps 31. XP / Currency on Ground 32. Health on Ground 33. Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 34. Treasure Chests / Loot Events 35. Vendors on Map / Run

Depth and Breadth of Content

36. Enemy Variety 37. Elites & Bosses 38. Many and /or Interesting Characters 39. Many Challenges 40. Multiple Stages 41. Difficulty Modifiers 42. Bestiary / Lore 43. Achievements 44. Secrets

Aesthetics

45. Retro / Pixel Art Style 46. Damage Numbers 47. Lo-Fi Charm 48. Bumpin' Music 49. Unique / Fun Names / Writing 50. Subtle Humor

Gameplay Vibe Check

51. Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 52. Over The Top 53. "One More Run" / Short Runs 54. Difficulty Ramp 55. Fun Ramp 56. Low Price 57. Technical Check / Functional Polish 58. Controls Check 59. Fun Check 60. Feels like VS

How to Tally

-1 to 1 in 60 Categories
Scoring in 10ths
(example: -.4 or .8)

1: Feature Fully Present
0: Feature Missing
-1: Critical Difference

Tip:

Rely Heavily on Vibes!

Report as number out of 60,
Or Convert into 10 Point Score.

The scale "assumes you're
ranking a very "similar game.
In theory a final score can be negative.

See Definitions for a full explanation of every category on the similarity and review scales. See scoring guide for detailed examples.

Comparison Scale Examples:

Vampire Survivors

10.0 | 60

Halls of Torment

9.0 | 53.9

Chess Survivors

8.0 | 48.0

20 Minutes Till Dawn

6.8 | 40.8

Risk of Rain

5.1 | 30.7

Hades

4.4 | 26.3

Returnal

3.2 | 19.4

Rogue

1.0 | 6.1

Elden Ring

-1.9 | -11.3

Call of Duty 2

-3.8 | -22.9

Fun at Home!

Score games yourself with The Scorecard!

Argue about it on the playground!

Patch Notes Archive

Home » Updates » Patch Notes Feed » Vampire Hunters » Update #8 – More Improvements to Survivors Mode

Patch notes are imported from steam. There may be errors. This mostly exists so I can stay on top of them to update the features in our tags and scoring categories (which I do manually), but since many of you liked the idea of staying up to date with all the games in one place I'm working on making this data automated (right now I manually hit it every couple days) with better info and linking in with the game views.

There will be more data and proper atribution here (original author, steam link, original post date, etc) real soon, I promise. This is just like a technical test to see if they're coming in ok at all.

Vampire Hunters » Update #8 – More Improvements to Survivors Mode

Hello, Hunters!

It’s nothing short of ABSURD to see all you hunters playing Vampire Hunters! You know the drill, you keep giving us feedback, and we keep improving your hunting experience!

That’s the second update we’ve released, focusing on fixes, improvements, and polishes. We’re also working on a lot of new content, so you can expect more ABSURD updates soon!

Changelog:

  • Added a visual indicator for enemies approaching from behind (on/off).

  • Rebalanced Contracts/Relics downsides to make them more exciting to play with.

  • Contract power:
    • 15% damage
    • +5% critical chance
    • All enemies deal 20% more damage
  • Contract Despair:
    • +15% Speed
    • +3% Dodge
    • +5% Luck
    • Elite enemies have 20% more HP
  • Soul Shackles:
    • -10% Speed
    • You can no longer recover HP by any means
    • +2 Blood per kill
    • +15% Fire rate
    • +5% Armor
  • More intro animations.

  • Fixed an issue where you received a weapon with the same level as yours on the shop (and couldn’t buy it).
  • Fixed an issue where the results screen was not showing your weapon’s correct level, after level 5.
  • Changed cat description text: 10 HP -> 1 HP.
  • Added Cat Buff tooltip to weapon card.
  • Added Reload Time to the Cat weapon card.
  • Updated the soul chance tip text.
  • Changed the Blessed by the Stars (Win the level with at least 5 Constellations) description.
  • Fixed an issue where a black rectangle was showing below the Elite’s health bar when taking damage.
  • Chests are now flickering faster when closer to disappearing.
  • Fixed Rifle V passive not working.
  • Fixed Elite Token tooltip.
  • Improved intro animations timing and gun draw animation.
  • If “no click fire” is off and “auto fire” is on, you can just hold the right mouse button, and the secondary shot will fire after a reload.
  • Added an offset when you have more than one Raven.
  • Improved Pegasus Meteor Constellation text.
  • Fixed Beardedon achievement typo.
  • Fixed Luck value in the stats screen.
  • There was also one fix to the Classic Mode. Now you can damage the door with the Flamethrower.

We wish you all an awesome weekend! Keep hunting for those Vampires!
Cheers!