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 » Risk of Rain Returns » Patch Notes 1.0.3

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.

Risk of Rain Returns » Patch Notes 1.0.3

Hello everyone! We have just released the latest patch for Risk of Rain Returns – once again the primary focus of this patch is to fix bugs reported by the community, which also includes some changes that should make Artificer stronger and make Overloading Elites less punishing. If you have any other bug reports and/or feedback for us you can do so on our Discord. Thank you to everyone who has given us feedback so far!

A quick reminder that the new aiming feature mentioned in the previous patch notes (1.0.2) is still in development, we will update you on this feature as soon as possible.

Patch 1.0.3 Changes:
  • Increased Teleporter particle visibility range.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when the game started while set to a display that is no longer connected.
  • Fixed a high-pitched sound that would play for some users in certain circumstances when restarting a run.
  • Added an additional safeguard that should allow the game to start if cutscene videos take too long to load.
  • Fixed crashes related to unlocking a certain secret.
  • Fixed a softlock relating to a certain secret.
  • Fixed challenges relating to completing stage 3 (such as Bandit) not unlocking for multiplayer clients.
  • Reduced the range of overloading enemies.
  • Fixed a crash that can occur if Direseeker is instantly killed by the player.
  • Fixed the Sniper’s default Secondary Skill consuming all stocks at once.
  • Increased the range of the Engineer’s Utility Skill.
  • Artificer’s Primary Skill now deals damage more consistently.
  • Fixed the Artificer’s Primary Skill interacting poorly with Shattered Mirror.
  • Artificer’s alternate Utility Skill now requires a second input to execute multiple times.
  • Fixed temporary Dio’s Friend making the player unkillable when consumed.
  • Fixed a softlock when using the Loader’s alternate Secondary Skill into a pit.
  • Fixed info for locked trials being openable by clicking.
  • Corrected the Lynx Totem’s killscreen icon.
  • Fixed a crash when collecting Classified Access Codes in “Judgement”.
  • Removed player hitstun from the “Castle of Memories” Providence Trial.
  • Fixed a possible softlock in the “Castle of Memories” Providence Trial.
  • Decreased invincibility frames on Miner’s default Secondary Skill.
  • Fixed duplicate player join messages appearing during online play.

Thanks again everyone!

-Hopoo Games