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 » Cosmo Rider » Patch notes, Update 0.6.0: Missions & stage Conditions

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.

Cosmo Rider » Patch notes, Update 0.6.0: Missions & stage Conditions

Hello Riders,

There is a new Update:

Missions & stage Conditions

  • Updated Missions generation and completion logic. Completed Mission gives 1 Research Point.
  • Players can craft one researched equipment item using Research Points on the Research screen when just starting the new flight from 1st Galaxy stage.
  • Comment: missions should have more strategic value.
  • Added missions:
    – Repair Abandoned Units
    – Core Defense
    – Carrier Escort mission
    – CollectIntel_ProximityScanner and CollectIntel_DirectionalScanner missions
  • Added Stage conditions:
    – Comet condition:

    (very dangerous condition, comet can destroy mostly any unit on stage in a second)

    – Abandoned Units (repaired ship can follow player to the next stage)
    – meteoroid anomalies: Natural, Artificial and Icy
    – cloud anomalies: Radiation, Burning, Dust
    – Resources Decay
    – Faction Skirmish
    – Starting Drone

  • Added UI panel with mission overview. This panel renders missions list and status unlike Mission briefing which renders titles and descriptions.
  • Increased Station control time for Enemy Station mission

Gameplay
  • Material items from destroyed units will no longer disappear by timeout (unless Resource-Decay condition is active)
  • Added +20 HP to Player ship
  • Added more SFX, play new remix track when Boss is defeated
  • Reworked Impulse PowerUP force to be applied over time
  • Spawn mines around Large Asteroid

UI & Visuals
  • Added stats for Bucks and RP gained to stage summary dialog
  • Added started/completed missions to game over dialog
  • Added all-time Player stats to galaxy selector screen
  • Added aid & challenge score preview for each map node
  • Added hint for missions with timer
  • Graviton shows damage labels per unit
  • Added Health bars to elite units
  • Added space dust particles VFX
  • Turned off planets on map

Bugfixes
  • Fixed: calculation of MaxHealth module mods
  • Fixed: can’t click Submit with mouse on Leaderboard screen
  • Fixed: marker blinking on spawn
  • Fixed: stock Graviton damages allies
  • Fixed: raw unit limit has been applied twice
  • Fixed: Some damage labels are not hidden when rendered out of screen
  • Fixed: install gun dialog + mission brief dialog = no pause
  • Fixed: main menu scene shows conditions of the latest world stage after return to main menu