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 » Time Wasters » Early Access Build #1000

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.

Time Wasters » Early Access Build #1000

New Vermillion Loyalty Challenge: Tower Defense
  • Earn a Solo Victory with Vermillion to unlock the Tower Defense Challenge
  • Location: Green Hills
  • Stop The Enemies From Getting To The Tower
  • Enemy Tower Damage 1
  • Elite Tower Damage 100
  • Enemy Hull Multiplier 2
  • Gold Per Pickup -0.85
  • New 3D background
  • New music track
  • Added new Tower Health stat to the End of Run Summary
  • New Loyalty icon will replace Solo after earning a Tower Defense Victory
  • To play, select Vermillion as the Captain then select Tower Defense from the Select A Challenge screen
  • Added Unlock Missions & Steam Achievement
  • More Loyalty Challenges may be added in future updates

Loyal Crew Vermillion

  • Get a Tower Defense Challenge Victory with Vermillion to unlock
  • Loyal Crew Vermillion can immediately join the crew at the start of a run
  • Vermillion must not be Banished to join your crew

Gamepad Support

  • Added Native controller support for both Playstation & Nintendo Switch (XBox already had native support)
  • Generic controllers will continue to use Steam Input
  • Playstation & Switch gamepads show correct button hints in-game
  • Restart Steam to get latest Controller settings

Boxing Gloves

  • Boxing Gloves will now knock enemies off the set path causing them to target the highest priority (City Invaders & Tower Defense Challenges)
  • Now targets the closest enemy

Fire Balls

  • Now targets the furthest enemy in range. This change takes full advantage of Fire Balls range, damaging all enemies between the player and the target (similar to Punch Through)

Backgrounds

  • Champion, Endless & Slime Planets backgrounds resolution increased from 1K to 4K

Performance Optimizations

  • Optimized physics performance on multiple weapons & enemies

Options

  • Damage Numbers turned off by default
  • All text changed to white

Early Access Build #1004

  • Fix – Damage Over Time physics accuracy and performance (Slime Trail, Static Field, etc)

Early Access Build #1005

  • Fix – Some weapons & enemies not doing/taking damage
  • Reminder – Slime Trail only slows enemies when the are in the slime trail, however they continue to take damage over time while green