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 #932

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 #932

New Azurene Loyalty Challenge: The Caves
  • Earn a Solo Victory with Azurene to unlock The Caves Challenge
  • Location: The Caves
  • Spiral Traps Will Appear
  • Enemy Speed Multiplier 2
  • Enemy Hull Multiplier 2
  • Gold Per Pickup -0.85
  • New 3D background
  • New music track
  • 3 New Enemy Types
  • New Loyalty icon will replace Solo after earning The Caves Victory
  • To play, select Azurene as the Captain then select The Caves from the Select A Challenge screen
  • Added Unlock Missions & Steam Achievement
  • More Loyalty Challenges may be added in future updates

Loyal Crew Azurene

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

Enemies

  • Elite Time Destroyer speed increased by 25%
  • Elite Time Destroyer needs to get closer to the player before firing weapons
  • Battle Royal Circle Enemies max speed reduced by 12.5%, now reaches max speed at Wave 50 instead of 70 (will get closer to the player due to the friction change)

Performance Optimizations

  • Player ship optimized for colliding with multiple enemies at the same time
  • Reduced friction to 0 on all enemies

Sound Effects

  • More accurately synced to music track beat
  • Reduced Mine Explosion volume by 50%

Gamepad Support

  • Optimized how Steam is loaded at startup which may possibly fix issues with gamepad not being detected, achievements not activating and the overlay not appearing
  • Investigating switching non-XBox Gamepads from Steam Input to Native Input, may be included in a future update

Outposts

  • Planets have been renamed to Outposts

Early Access Build #934

  • Fix – Captains Luna & Rosanova Not Unlocking caused by renaming Planets to Outposts

Early Access Build #938

  • Adjusted Spiral Trap White Enemy Spawn rate to reduce number of enemies spawning on high frame rates (waves 70, 90 & 110)