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 #911

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 #911

New Ravebow Loyalty Challenge: Only Up
  • Earn a Solo Victory with Ravebow to unlock the Only Up Challenge
  • Enemies Spawn From Above
  • An Elite Fire Circle Moves Up
  • Enemy Speed Multiplier 2
  • Enemy Hull Multiplier 2
  • Gold Per Pickup -0.5
  • New Loyalty icon will replace Solo after earning an Only Up Victory
  • To play, select Ravebow as the Captain then select Only Up from the Select A Challenge screen
  • Added Unlock Missions & Steam Achievement
  • More Loyalty Challenges may be added in future updates

Loyal Crew Ravebow

  • Get an Only Up Challenge Victory with Ravebow to unlock
  • Loyal Crew Ravebow can immediately join the crew at the start of a run
  • Ravebow must not be Banished to join your crew

Select Captain Screen

  • Captain Icons display if Captain Is Banished or Available As Crew
    • Regular Icon = Available As Crew or Waiting to Unlock Crew
    • Red Icon = Banished Crew
    • Grey Icon with a Lock = Captain Locked, complete mission to unlock
  • Crew can now be Banished or Unbanished from the Select Captain Screen
  • Pressing Tab, RMB or the Y button will toggle Banish Crew / Unbanish Crew
  • The Banish Crew / Unbanish Crew tooltip is displayed in the Captain Info panel

Space Cube Upgrades

  • Available As Crew is now Banish Crew
    • X in Banish Crew row = Banished Crew and will have red icons
    • Empty Box in Banish Crew row = Available As Crew and will have regular icons
    • Lock in Banish Crew row = Captain Locked, complete mission to unlock
  • Upgrades can be bought and sold anytime, even if a captain is banished
  • Pressing Space, LMB or the A button will toggle Banish Crew and Unbanish Crew
  • Loyal Crew can now be turned on/off from the Space Cube Upgrades Screen
  • When in the Banish Crew row, press Tab, RMB or the Y button to toggle Loyal Crew
    • Purple Loyalty Icon = Loyal Crew On and Captain can immediately join crew at start of a run
    • Grey Loyalty Icon = Loyal Crew Off, crew must be selected through in-game upgrades
  • When starting a run Loyal Crew is selected from left to right of the Captain list (ie if all Loyal Crew turned on it will select Corrosia, Raven and Ravebow, possibly Kat depending on the selected Captain)

Laser Strike

  • Pink lasers fire after the Blue lasers instead of at the same time to spread out the DPS coverage

Mine Enemies

  • If destroyed by the player weapons it will have a blue explosion damaging nearby enemies
  • If destroyed by the player colliding with it there will be a red explosion and it will cause damage to the player
  • Fix – Mine damage not scaling correctly