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 » Soulstone Survivors » Hot fixes and balancing in new update v0.11.037h!

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.

Soulstone Survivors » Hot fixes and balancing in new update v0.11.037h!


We’ve just released update v0.11.037h that will bring new improvements and changes that should make the game much more enjoyable. We are introducing new language support, improving gamepad navigation, and more!

If you would like to learn more about the game and our amazing community join here 👉Discord!

Below is the full list of changes🔄:

Skills:

  • Fixed Meteor Shower skill which will now work normally;
  • Fixed Aura of Chaos applying more Disarray than intended;
  • Fixed Murder of Crows to no longer apply random negative effects;
  • Fiery Blades no longer receives Duration upgrades, instead it receives Critical Chance upgrades;

Enemies:

  • Fixed a navigation issue on the Dungeon of Despair where enemies and mouse-only mode would not perform as expected in certain areas;
  • Treant will now display a damaged area when attacking since it is a large area;
  • Fixed incorrect name for the Elite Goblin Warlock;
  • Fixed Skeleton Reaper Scythe attack being affected by visibility slider;

General:

  • Added Italian language support;
  • Added the option to disable Vignette and Ambient Occlusion effects in the Graphics Options menu;
  • Improved gamepad navigation on Profile tab;
  • Added support to rename rune presets in the Fight menu;
  • Boss Health bars and Objectives panel are now hidden in the Level Up screen;
  • Fixed an issue where when equipping multiple Mastery runes you would need to select a different rune – and come back to view the equip button again;
  • Fixed tooltip of “Negative Effect icons” in General Options menu;
  • Fixed possible issue on the Profile page where if you had invalid matches, the screen would not display as – expected;
  • Fixed damage breakdown in the pause menu and ending screen now showing the correct values, accumulating all stages of the match;
  • Fixed issue with Polish fonts not displaying correctly;
  • Fixed an issue where Duration and Quantity modifiers to skills could not be showing properly in their tooltips;
  • Fixed Beastmaster ascension tracker which would not disappear when the match ended;

We hope you will enjoy the update, thank you for all your support and feedback! ❤️


~ Soulstone Team