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 » Striving for Light: Survival » Update 1.0.2.0

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.

Striving for Light: Survival » Update 1.0.2.0

With update 1.0.2.0 we are introducing a new backup system that will create an additional backup copy of your current selected save one time each day and a skill stack counter so that multiple of the same skills not clutter up the skills section on the stats window (or build viewer) and directly shows how much stacks of a skill you have aquired.

As a short recap, a hotfix yesturday which was live for a few hours messed with the save files resulting in lost progress. If you have lost any progress due to this bug please contact us and we will restore your progress, more information on this at our yesturdays post:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2286450/view/3901870244741122367?l=english

New Features:
  • New Backup System: Errors that can happen will happen sooner or later, so we took this as a lessons learned and implemented a backup system that backs up your current selected save file one time each day on game start. This will also make it possible for players that messed with the save file on mistake to restore their progress. As this error caused quite some inconvenience it also contributed to improving the game.
  • Skill Stack Count on Stats: In the stats window and on the build viewer in the skills section you will now only see one instance of each skill with the amount of skill stacks for each skill. This will make it possible to see how much of each skill you have active whithout having to count. You can also hover over the skill in the skill section and highlight all instances in the skill tree to faster locate them.

Improvements:
  • Changed vsync mode to fix micro stutters that have been reported. Please keep us updated on this if the change improved it or made it worse as this will depend on the operating system / PC setup/ graphic driver settings etc.
  • Improved basement map lightning (v.1.0.2.0b)
  • Increased skill stack number size in stats window and build viewer (v.1.0.2.0b)
  • Enemy spawns created by other enemies are now as well indicated by red spawn circles (v.1.0.2.0c)

Fixes:
  • Language is now properly saved and not reset after a few game restarts
  • Fixed farmer and rogue unlocks missing in the achievement lists
  • The random skills on a new run when not re-selecting new skills are now shuffled again (v.1.0.2.0b)
  • Fixed crash on beach endless mode whan awakened tidal titan should spawn additional enemies (v.1.0.2.0c)
  • Fixed achievement unlock conditions for burning projectiles and burning cast (v.1.0.2.0d)

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