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Survivors-likes ListMenu Search Edit900+ games! Comparing bullet heavens, arena shooters, waves, hordes and more! Research data entered by hand ♡ |
Taxonomy Archive<< Aesthetic Tag: Metal ~ 2 foundGame and Release InfoSearch and Filter ResultsThe wiki database includes over 200 columns for info! View toggles: compact, pin, fun. Bigger Big Normal Small Smaller font size. Site & minireviews by xoxomonstergirl. Click a row to expand! |
Genre/ControlSpecific tags for the title's features |
RankingSimilarity & Review |
ReviewMultiple Sources |
SimilarityCompared to VS. Not a review! |
Similarity ScalePercentage of possible points earned scored -1 to 1 in tenths in 60 categories Genre Controls Modes Progress Builds Stages Content Aesthetic Vibe |
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Arena Shooter Auto-Shooter Bullet Heaven Enemy Hell Female Protagonist Horde Survival LGBTQ Mowing Game Roguelite Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Twin Stick Shooter Wave Survival |
8.5
Combined Ranking Score
12/72
Ranking Position
1460/1600
Total Points
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8.7
Final Review
84%
Steam
9.2
Scale
8.4
Vibes
1014
Steam Reviews
360/400
Review Points
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8.3
Similarity Score
92%
Diagnosis:
Similar
1100/1200
Comparison Points
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99%
Genre 7.8/8
genre
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83%
Simple Controls 4.6/7
move
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99%
Survival Modes 3.9/4
modes
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100%
Power Progression 4/4
level
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98%
Buildcrafting Depth 4.8/5
build
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71%
Stage Features 2.9/7
stage
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84%
Content Breadth 6.1/9
stuff
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100%
Aesthetics 6/6
style
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100%
Gameplay Vibe Check 9.9/10
vibe
vibe
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Spellbook Demonslayers Ranking Notes- +Scaling and Review NotesPersonal Hours Played: 6.8 Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/19/2023
Maybe has secrets? I wasn't able to find any info. |
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Auto-Battler Bullet Heaven Deckbuilding Roguelite Survivors-like Tower Defense Turn Based Hybrid |
7.5
Combined Ranking Score
34/72
Ranking Position
1343/1600
Total Points
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8.6
Final Review
84%
Steam
8.2
Scale
9.3
Vibes
1070
Steam Reviews
359/400
Review Points
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6.4
Similarity Score
82%
Diagnosis:
Pretty Different
984/1200
Comparison Points
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84%
Genre 5.5/8
genre
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75%
Simple Controls 3.5/7
move
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98%
Survival Modes 3.8/4
modes
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99%
Power Progression 3.9/4
level
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90%
Buildcrafting Depth 4/5
build
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44%
Stage Features -0.9/7
stage
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76%
Content Breadth 4.7/9
stuff
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100%
Aesthetics 6/6
style
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92%
Gameplay Vibe Check 8.3/10
vibe
vibe
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Waves are kind of unannounced but enemy spawns do have a red X before they show up, hence the tiny ding. Funny trivia but if you turn off enemy outlines the ones currently spawned will keep them until you kill them, while the new spawns show up without them. Don't really feel like it's a bug because it's fun. Appreciate when these games give you the option to make a run endless at the end, which this one does. Adds shrines to the mix.
I really love this one, but I would like to see it have more characters even if they're reskins only of the main character. I know the books are kind of characters, but both the books and the demons just feel like items to equip and my runs generally 'look' the same to me with her in the middle. I do like her a lot, don't get me wrong, but I enjoy making a new build with a different colored dot in the middle sometimes. Like maybe I can change her clothes and dye her hair or something, normal people do that. I'm not saying that has to be an actual gameplay mechanic, the hair dying.Thanks for visiting The Monstergirl Scale!
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I hope The Monstergirl Scale for Ranking Vampire Survivors Similarity has been useful for you! I spent a positively silly amount of time developing the scale, surveys and websites to collect the data. While it's a personal project, it's also ideally a public resource so I've kept detailed update notes and a discord work journal. There's also a public to-do list open for comment. Hover over any randomly placed sprite to see the source game and click them to be taken to the database entry! Big thanks especially to all the devs who sent in assets and helped, above and beyond just the surveys.
You probably have questions. Unlike commercial secret sauce recommendation engines, this one collects no personal data (it does leave a cookie of your sort/display preferences and has basic analytics), seeks no affiliate income and bows to no advertisers. It might not be as personalized as steam, it might only be recommending based on one game... but it gives you control and is transparent. We also have much better data gathered directly from developers and checked over by superfan communities. You can see exactly what is going on as the entire 'algorithm' is broken down into simple public google sheet formulas.
Now you can make your own adult decisions! You can even copy the entire active database right from the google sheet and mix it up however you want - for personal use. Please don't scrape or resell this, it's entirely against the spirit of the project. But you absolutely can use it to make visualizations to learn from or cite it in your research. The sheet is packed with metadata columns and tags to make that easy - it's literally the same sheet imported via csv link to update this site! We came to some conclusions about genre terms and advice for steam's admins and users with regards to tagging. My thanks and citations here.
Maybe you're unfamiliar with some of the gaming terms on the page, so there's a large dictionary of how I use them in the context of this subgenre. Maybe you noticed something in the project is missing (marked with a -, unknown, or ?) or perhaps dead wrong. Please consider contributing by clicking [edit] in any cell or going to edit.survivorslikes.com. The edit link should bring you to the row.
You can right click on the Google sheet and leave a comment anywhere! Submit the score card web form to get a game ranked! The survey is a series of easy drop down and checkbox questions about a game's features, should take 5-10 minutes depending on how much time you'd like to get on the optional text fields. There's an in depth scoring guide partially done. Devs are highly encouraged to do a survey on their own game to get it ranked! Players can also take the survey to help us distinguish features. We also have a review form for players only.
I tried to whip up this site to make the info in the spreadsheet more accessible, but it's never going to be ideal on phone. The bigger screen you have, the more data you'll be able to see. You can also try the compact view. If you can't read the text, try zooming in or out using your browser or our font size [-] [+] controls. They should kinda probably maybe not break the website. The loading text is fake. Many website features are planned but not yet implemented. Feedback greatly appreciated! Drop by the r/survivorslikes subreddit, the discord, or send an email to xoxomonstergirl@gmail.com.