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 » Peglin » Patch Notes for v0.9.40

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.

Peglin » Patch Notes for v0.9.40

Happy Holidays everyone! We come to you this holiday season with a new update for the game! This addresses a number of bugs, streamlines some of the initial experience with Peglin (the character) and adds some new enemies and encounters to the game, including the elusive Rainbow Slime.

Balance changes
  • Peglin loadout reduced to simplify new user experience and make synergies easier (Many self-damage orbs and orbs that affect the following shot have been removed from their loadout)
  • Ellucircle Ballusion grant from coin pegs reduced at levels 1 and 2
  • Opposite Rearction changed to fire more copies of orbs with variable force instead of one orb at an increasing force
  • Constricting Chains now grants a multiball in the opposite direction of the firing shot instead of a flat damage bonus
  • Refilibuster changed to damage all enemies instead of targeted
  • Orbrasion self-damage no longer increases at levels 2 and 3
  • Effects that would trigger Ballusion even when dealing 0 damage now no longer trigger it
  • Dragon’s Flame hits Peglin an additional time
  • Kobanorb gold production buffed slightly
  • Best Foot Forworb made common
  • Stone Upgrade Atlas scenario can now only appear when you have stones that can be upgraded
New Features

  • New encounters! New Mines Miniboss and two new regular battles.
  • Plenty of old art for orbs and enemies has received an overhaul – lots of outdated and placeholder-y art assets that have existed from the launch of the game have now been brought up to the current standards of the game.
  • Similarly, there’s been a minor overhaul in SFX assets in the game.
  • New Roundrel Relic, the Redoublet
  • The Qaballistic Ruins fight has been improved to preserve performance in low powered devices
An assortment of bugfixes as well, including but not limited to:
  • UI sound effects when purchasing orbs multiple times after battle now work properly
  • The Roundrel now keeps their hat on when celebrating a boss defeat
  • The Loading Screen animation should no longer bleed into the Castle map on non 16:9 displays
  • Round a Bout now is able to properly hit the Dragon boss when critting after Peglin has been pulled in