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 » Rift Rangers » Post Launch Update: Stats Screen, Balancing and New Music!

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.

Rift Rangers » Post Launch Update: Stats Screen, Balancing and New Music!

Greeting Rangers!

It’s been exactly one week since launch, and we really appreciate all of your gameplay videos, reviews and feedback. It’s been amazing and has helped us with our updates.

And on that segue: we’re deploying our latest update! Here are the key changes:

It’s helpful to know how much damage you’re inflicting The Master Brain’s minions, so we added a after battle report in the form of a stats screen. It will show up at the end of each battle with very straightforward stats: damage totals and DPS. Now you get to see EXACTLY how much pain you’re bringing the baddies!

The Curse Turret ended up haunted unfortunately, and as a direct result the fire animation wasn’t showing correctly. After a carefully executed interdimensional exorcism, the fire animation is now working properly.

The [Exploit] damage wasn’t calculating correctly. And of course, that will not do! It is only fair to all sides concerned that damage is properly applied. We don’t need the monsters crying foul.

To complete its work, the Beam Turret needed a little more time, so we buffed the duration. The baddies are NOT pleased with this update.

Mega Mecha Power Up Changes:

When granted power by the Mega Mecha, your Void Beam now does MORE damage. The baddies are really not pleased with this development.

While the Ultra Saw is ultra-awesome, the Rangers needed a little more range when granted this power by the Mega Mecha; so we buffed it. The baddies have lodged a formal complaint with the interdimensional review board over this.

Another power receiving an upgrade: the Mega Ray! The Ranger fires even faster once empowered. The baddies have now applied for an injunction against any further RiftTech phenomenalness citing a perceived power imbalance.

Sadly, due to interdimensional pressures regarding our super cool RiftTech updates, we have to show some form of balance. So, we decreased the Mega Ray’s damage a little (the fire rate already makes up for the difference but we’re keeping that to ourselves. Shh!).

Localization Update:
We’re pretty that The Master Brain somehow interfered with our localization text and caused us to miss some. We have found it and corrected it. Nice try Master Brain!

New Music!
We updated the victory and defeat music themes to better integrate with the overall musical awesomeness of the game.

We can’t wait for you to try out the new changes! Let us know your thoughts. We’re available here and on the major social platforms including Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Too much? How about an update TL;DR?

  • Added new stats screen to show damage totals and DPS at the end of battle
  • Fixed issue with [Exploit] damage not being calculated correctly
  • Fixed issue with Curse Turret not showing the correct fire animation
  • Lengthened Beam Tower’s duration during power up
  • Increase Void Beam’s damage during power up
  • Increased Ultra Saw’s range during power up
  • Increased Mega Ray’s fire rate during power up
  • Decreased Mega Ray’s damage during power up
  • Updated missing localization text
  • Changed defeat and victory music