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 » Chronicon » Update 1.50.0 is live!

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.

Chronicon » Update 1.50.0 is live!

Hey everyone!

This update is mostly about preparing for the next DLC – The Mechanist.
We have also added full support for German, and there are quite a few tweaks, fixes, and other improvements as well!

We now also support cross-platform cloud saving, so you can take your PC characters to your Steam Deck, for example!

Here are the full notes.

Stay tuned for more!

1.50.0:

Notes:

  • This update prepares the base game for the next DLC: The Mechanist.
  • There are also some tweaks, QoL additions, and fixes for the base game.

New Language:

  • German.

Controls:

  • Added support for mouse side buttons.

Events:

  • Seasonal Events (Christmas, Halloween) are now repeatable each year on the same character.
  • The Christmas event now runs from Dec 1st to Dec 30th (Was 15th-31st).

Enemies & Combat:

  • Slightly increased collision boundaries for Goblins so they are less likely to warp through doors.
  • This also affects the Anomaly Bosses which are Goblins.
  • Multiplied Dummy health by 100 since you guys keep killing them.

Items & Loot:

  • Beast Foods drops no longer play the crafting material sound.
  • Tarot no longer gives you legacy items.
  • Injectors and launchers now drop from level 50 and up and on Heroic or higher difficulty, where most rare special items & materials start dropping.
  • Injectors and Launchers now also require you to have access to the Device Slotter (endgame area) before dropping.
  • Masochist Set (Warlock) weakness stacking is now multiplicative with other sources of weakness, rather than additive.

Interface:

  • Monster health% display on the endgame interface gets converted to shortened numbers when it starts to get silly.
  • Same for Largest Damage Dealt in statistics.
  • Damage and Mana now also shorten to M,B, etc on the quick stat reference in the inventory rather than overlapping when you get high amounts.
  • Added Ancient Forest loading screen to western expeditions.
  • Added new DLC button to the menu.
  • Updated Credits.

Performance:

  • Some rare stuttering issues should now be fixed.
  • Audio-related performance issues have been improved.
  • Combat performance should also be slightly improved in hectic situations.

Skills:

  • Masteries which increase proc rates multiplicatively should now properly go beyond 100% with Crown of Innate Possibilities, since this makes sense.
  • Seeds (Warden synergy passive) now bases damage off Razor Tips as the tooltip suggests.

Sound:

  • Sounds that play super frequently should now lower their volume a bit in the most chaotic instances.

Stats:

  • Added a new “Parry” stat which works like Evasion. This stat is currently reserved for the upcoming new Class 🙂

Fixes:

  • Fixed some text errors in English and French.
  • Fixed Elixir of Movement Speed giving half the listed amount.
  • Fixed some starter items being flagged as Legacy items.
  • Fixed some skills and satellites using incorrect targeting, and targeting things out of range (and therefore being unable to attack them).
  • Fixed expedition passive “Prowler” not affecting the berserker “Chilled” weaken passive.
  • Fixed Warlock not being able to roll bleed damage% on Spellbooks.
  • Fixed Death Knight (Warlock Ultimate) giving 20% instead of 25% Bane skill damage.
  • Fixed rare crash that could happen when using Shattering Blow as you enter a portal as Berserker.
  • Fixed crash when using a controller and pausing to exit Korem’s final quest end speech.
  • Fixed Finder’s Keep artifact not revealing chests after re-entering a zone.
  • Fixed issue where Expedition and Artifact progress could snapshot and carry over between HC and SC characters.
  • Fixed Anomaly League progression also being able to carry over between SC and HC in some circumstances.
  • Fixed some errors in the base English text which may have lead to older versions of texts being loaded in.
  • Fixed issue where Storm Fists (Berserker) were only hitting once per second for a quarter damage, rather than 4 times per second.
  • Possible fix for rare crash from dialogue navigation with controllers.
  • Possible fix for companions sometimes forgetting special abilities after changing areas.