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 » Alien Slayers » Patch 0.1.4.0

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.

Alien Slayers » Patch 0.1.4.0

The changes below may include content you haven’t unlocked yet.

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed the Mission 2 quest object display was not displayed correctly.
  • Fixed some monster lists were displayed incorrectly in the mutation menu.
  • Fixed the reroll button could not be pressed with the mouse when lieveling up.
  • Fixed UI overlap when pressing the ESC menu when leveling up.
  • Fixed a bug where mutations that deal explosive damage were not dealing the correct amount of damage.
  • Fixed AFK steam achievement could not be completed.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Light Blade to deal damage every 0.1 seconds instead of per spin.
  • Fixed the Disc Shooter’s health and armor recovery effects were not working.
  • Fixed the Flamethrower would not unlock in the Armory.
Changes
  • Reducing the price of some perks.
  • Changed the price and order of monsters in mutation menu.
  • Added hidden achievements to Steam.
  • Improved performance of flamethrowers and plasma throwers.
  • Increased damage and reduced reload time for the Wrist Blade.
  • Reduced damage and increased reload time for Light Blade.
  • Reduced self-destruct monster damage in Mission 2.
  • Increased skill recharge costs for Red Barrett, Sam, and Dusty-24.
  • Reduced the maximum damage of Double Barrel.
  • Increased Laser Drone Damage and Duration.
  • Increased damage and range for Missile Drones.
Improvements
  • Improved visibility of projectiles fired by some monsters.
  • Improved the Achievements menu to show progress for each achievement.
  • Add a V-Sync option.
  • Added outlines to all interactable quest objects.
Known Issue

Purchased perks could not be selected with the mouse from the Perk menu in the main menu.

About achievements and unlocks

If you see an item in the Armory menu but not in the Achievements menu, it hasn’t been developed yet. These items will be added in a future update, so be patient.

What’s next

While we still have a lot of work to do, we believe we’ve fixed most of the critical bugs and level design with this patch, so for the next few weeks we’ll be focusing on the new missions and expert difficulty. Of course, we will continue to patch additional content, bug fixes, etc. as needed.

And if there’s anything else you think we should include in the next update, please let us know via the community. Your feedback is always very helpful!