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 » Picayune Dreams » 1.0.0.2

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.

Picayune Dreams » 1.0.0.2

    Hello! Stepford here again! I’m still crunching on some performance and game fixes. Be sure to tell me any of your thoughts on the balance or any glitches you find. I’ve also been toying with some stuff for future updates which I’m excited to get started on. ːSpRad_Rockː

  • Added: An option to enable “Late Game Auto XP”, which instantly teleports XP to you once it’s started to be sucked in (only past 25 Mortality.)
  • Added: The game will submit Daily and Friend highscores after killing a boss, so even if you push your game to the limit – Steam servers will remember your sacrifice.
  • Added: Steam Rich Presence (?) Hard to test until it’s on live servers. We’ll see. 😉
  • Change: XP will now combine into an XP Cannister when more than 1500 is accumulated into a single spot.
  • Change: AUTO UPGRADE AT FULL BUILD option raised up in the menu, to avoid having to scroll every time to toggle.
  • Change: Extended XP culling radius further than the border of the screen by a smidge.
  • Change: Lowspec Mode now disables more effects.
  • Change: Other assorted adjustments in hopes of making the game take up less performance.
  • Change: Updated the description on “Dark Matter Overload” to explain things a little better.
  • Change: Peril will increase the amount of XP required to level up, in addition to raising Enemy Speed and Enemy Count.
  • Fix: More spelling mistakes have been corrected.
  • Fix: The ending screen would show negative skillpoints if you had spent the points earned from beating Overdrive levels, fixed now.
  • Fix: Some weapons would go over the bottom of their lifetime and then stay around in memory. This has been fixed.
  • Fix: A Gamemaker update has fixed the issue where unplugging an audio device would render the game silent until restart. I can’t test this because I couldn’t get it to happen before, but hopefully its fixed for everyone who was having the issue.
  • * Nerf: Spawned C4 Explosion will get 10% smaller if the enemy was killed by another C4 Explosion,
  • reoccurring.
  • * Nerf: Spawned Shrapnel Shells will last 10% less time if the enemy was killed by another piece of Shrapnel, reoccurring.

* //These two items are being nerfed because of their ability to scale up simply as more enemies spawn. This is mainly to stop infinitely reoccurring instant wins with the items. I will be keeping a close eye on their performance after this update, and I might need to buff them in other ways if they fall behind!//

Hope you’re all enjoying your Friday arvo! ːGunfireRebornloveː