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 » PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors » Happy Holidays and a Jolly Good (Beta) Update!!! 🥳🎉

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.

PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors » Happy Holidays and a Jolly Good (Beta) Update!!! 🥳🎉

Season’s Greetings to all the PhaigeX employees! 🥳

Development for Demolition Mode is about 60% done, but the gameplay itself is functional and playable to victory. We at headquarters feel that it is not quite ready yet for release, so we are opening a Beta Branch for testing this new game mode. Once you got a taste of what the new game mode is like, feel free to give us feedbacks and suggestions, we very much appreciate your input to make this even better!

Demolition Mode [BETA]

Demolition Mode aims the player to break through fortified enemy strongholds, and destroy the enemies’ key structures to deal a heavy blow on their incursion progress. A central structure called a Megalith needs to be taken down to win, but it is protected by a strong barrier. The defense needs to be weakened by destroying four Energy Pylons placed in areas surrounding the Megalith, but tread carefully. These pylons are heavily guarded by protection systems and fortified structures, equipped with deadly armaments to keep invaders away.

In addition, implementing the Auto-Aim screwed up some of the ship’s controls, so we are back and bringing the fixes! These changes are only reflected in the beta branch for now.

Gameplay Changes
  • UI HUD

    – Added UI label under Firing Mode hotkey on how to toggle Auto-Aim

  • Passive and SP Tech Changes

    – Clusterforce’s Energy Cluster charge rate increased
    – Clusterforce’s Volatile Charge Tech Meter drain rate decreased

  • Bug Fixes

    – Auto-Aim interactions with the Comet’s SP Tech
    – Auto-Aim interactions with the Arbalest’s Breach Mode
    – Ship getting damaged during Garuda/Scarab’s Armed Override when Overfix passive is active
    – Certain drone events not activating in Survival
    – Graphical Bug: Ship Sector sprites going transparent when destroyed

To Access the Beta Branch
  1. Right-click PhaigeX at the Game Library list
  2. Click on Properties
  3. Click on Betas
  4. Under Private Betas, enter the code: poweroverwhelming
  5. Select your beta participation to betabranch and you’re good to go!

The time for eliminating the AI menace for good comes near.

Towards a brighter future,

The PhaigeX MegaCorp.