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 » Samawa Idle » First Content Update 1.1.0

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.

Samawa Idle » First Content Update 1.1.0

Hello everyone,

I am excited to introduce the first content update for Samawa Idle, Patch 1.1.0:

The Automator:

  • The Automator plays the game for you, automating many features such as upgrading towers, buying passive abilities, retrying boss fights, looting bounties, and more.
  • The automator system becomes available around Level 160.
  • Every Lv. 50 boss after level 200 grants gear currency to level up the automator.
  • The automator does not reset on rebirth.
  • There are 8 nodes in total, each with a maximum level of 5.

The Rune System:

  • The rune system, available around Level 100, is used for upgrading towers and enhancing workshop passives.
  • Rune monsters, which drop valuable runes, start to spawn upon unlocking the system.
  • There are 10 types of runes, ranging from Normal to Legendary rarity.
  • Runes reset on rebirth.

The Workshop:

  • The shop is now renamed the Workshop.
  • Passives in the Workshop have various rarities, with higher rarities offering better stats.
  • Each passive in the Workshop now has a maximum level of 10.
  • Leveling the Workshop is now more challenging, but stat values have been doubled to maintain power levels.
  • The maximum Workshop level is 60, achievable around Level 700+ (without %exp increases).

Balance Changes:

  • Archer tower base critical chance is now 15%.
  • Poison base damage increased by 25%.
  • Archer Tower’s Stronger Arrows max value is now 16%, with exponential cost.
  • Archer Tower’s Fast Attacks max value is now 50%.
  • Fire Tower’s Boss Killer max value is now 1791%.
  • Lightning Tower’s Weak Killer max value is now 634%, with polynomial cost.
  • Lightning Tower’s Powerful Strike max value is now 2000%, with polynomial cost.
  • Poison Tower’s Permanent Toxin changed to “Chance for Toxin to Last for 20 Seconds.”
  • Poison Tower’s Knowledge Gain is replaced by Stronger Toxin.
  • Energy Tower’s Chain Reaction max value is now 6%.
  • Energy Tower’s Treasure Explosion max value is now 10%.
  • Energy Tower’s Shiny Nova max value is now 300%.
  • Added 5 new end-game stats for further leveling progression.
  • Adjusted costs for several end-game stats.

Other Changes:

  • Added a Pin UI element in the Workshop choose menu to prevent closure when selecting stats.
  • Added a button to lock towers, allowing random tower selection upon tier gain.
  • Fixed a bug where treasure drops 0 gold on hit during super nova without the allocated treasure node.
  • New content unlocks require rebirth.