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!

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Patch Notes Archive

Home » Updates » Patch Notes Feed » Xmas Apocalypse » Update 1.1.3

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.

Xmas Apocalypse » Update 1.1.3

Another update with a lot of fixes. Shattering finally doesn’t cause any lag spikes anymore and also a bunch of other things have been cleaned up around the freeze mechanic. Also I’m trying out a new option for players that have been struggling with the zoomed-in over-the-shoulder aiming setup. You can now press C and the aiming view will switch between the default one and a new centered view that gives more overview to the surroundings to avoid ambushes easier. Hope it helps.
Also I changed some things with the default shotgun. To make it more appealing again it starts with 3 projectiles now.

I wish everyone a happy new year 2024!

Fixed
  • Removed performance bottleneck when enemies were shattering from the Ice Bucket of Dread skill card
  • Mammoths don’t slide anymore after freezing and execute the run animation properly
  • Improved mammoth’s freeze animation
  • Fixed bug that caused frozen enemies to slide towards the player after spawning
  • Fixed coins being rewarded for the first level the character starts with
  • Fixed boss behavior that caused them to never attack when the player stayed too far away
  • Removed placeholder item and skill cards from the deck that aren’t unlockable yet
  • Fixed bug that could stop shields from spawning again in the level
  • Gems from shattering Undead Vultures drop to the floor now
  • Cleaned up explosives from respawning enemies like boars, vultures and mammoths
  • Boars, vultures and mammoths also start the projectile bounce from the Light Chain skill card
Changed
  • Reverted change from 1.1.0 that divided coins for time survived by 3. Now the reward is back to 1 second equals 1 coin to improve pacing of progress.
  • Minigun base damage reduced to 30 for balancing
  • Ducks and Stars don’t spawn from presents within the first 90 seconds anymore when they were not as useful
New
  • Added the option to switch the aim camera view between classic over-the-shoulder and a new centered view
  • More of a change than something new, but I just wanted to highlight it here: The shotgun starts with 3 projectiles now that have a combined base damage of 90 (30 per projectile), which also means the total number of projectiles it can get to with the Caramel Liqueur skill card has been raised to 11.