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 » Psionic Awake » 0.1.5

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.

Psionic Awake » 0.1.5

Crystal mechanic modification

Crystals: pick up 10 crystals and get the option to gain an attribute bonus.
Treasure, Eternal Crystals: -3 to the number of crystals needed for attribute bonuses.
Attribute bonuses, altar permanent enhancements, etc. added attributes are displayed in one icon.

Exploration: +5% chance of obtaining crystals, randomly illuminates the location of nearby treasures.

Quest Compass

Ability to discover monsters with treasure.
An additional lair hiding awakened treasure.
The compass is activated when you gain the talent [Explore].
Compass: points to the most recently unexplored treasure.
Compass: After exploring 80% of the map, show the entire map and gain a blue treasure.

Altar upgrades

So altars can be upgraded to speed up the cooldown speed of that type of altar, with levels 1-5 adding 20%-100% cooldown speed.

Treasure: Little Black Cat, +1 to altar cap, gains little black cat and immediate access to an additional cat house.
Treasure: Radish, +1 altar cap, doubles the effect of the summoning altar and instantly accesses an additional summoning altar.
Treasure: Wisdom Orb, +1 altar cap, double the effect of the Wisdom Altar and immediately visit an additional Wisdom Altar.
Treasure: Cube Stone, +1 to the altar limit, doubles the effect of the Spire Altar permanent enhancement, instant access to an additional Spire Altar.
Treasure: Candle, +1 to the altar ceiling, permanent enhancement of the Spire Altar must occur, immediate access to an additional Spire Altar.
Treasure: Guardian, 1 point of shield for every 3 – ” 2 bullet changes.
Treasure: Wings, teleport 2 – ” 5 times.
Treasure: Hearthstone, return to town 4 — — 10 times.

New Achievement

Weapon Master, difficulty 7, win and have not used [Psychic Weapon].
Beginner, difficulty 7, survived 4 days without having used [Psychic Awakening].

Balance Modifications

Snow King Pony, Snow Elemental: Presence time 25S — 15S.
Snow King Pony, Snow Elemental: Changed to a secondary summoner, triggering one summoner effect for 10 deaths.
Snow King Pony, Snow Elemental: Attack range 2 —> 1.5.
Sleeping King Pony: AOE damage changed to Dark.

Treasure, Little Apple: every 5 seconds, restore 2 life points.
Treasure, Pepper: +20 to life cap, every 5 seconds, 1 point of damage.
Dragon Ball, chance of appearing 20% — 25%.

Quest: Broken fence Change Fence upgrade 1 time.

Optimisation

Demon King’s Lair: add Demon King grade display.
Freeze display: changed to change monster colour.
Cats, stand more spread out.
Keyboard movement optimised.
Add automatic mouse directional attack [F] key toggle.