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 » Roguevive » Update #7

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.

Roguevive » Update #7

Hi folks, this was supposed to be a little update, but ended up being quite big.

Bug fixes

  • Improved Spectate camera Stuttering.
  • Fixed players pausing on online.
  • Fixed disconnect on multiplayer causing the game to never end.
  • Fixed the countdown in multiplayer.
  • Fixed the name of teammates getting stuck on some resolutions.
  • Fixed Meat Heal Upgrade not working as intended.
  • Fixed Starfall Sound not playing properly.
  • Fixed Custom Mouse Cursor not showing properly.

Patch Notes

  • When opening the password screen, focus on the password text.
  • Lightning Step radius decreased by 50%.
  • Removed the endless and the difficulty button on the lobby, for non hosts.
  • Changed the logic for auto aim, now change target when the enemy die, instead of when the enemy ends the fading animation.
  • Add music to the online lobby.
  • Added remap key bindings for the upgrade shortcuts.
  • Added Weapon muzzle flash.
  • Fire ammo effect color last longer, making it easier to see.
  • GraviPush color corrected to blue.
  • Reworked the audio in the game, so sounds don’t overlap as much, creating a weird horrible sound.
  • Xp point size increased by 50%.
  • Holding the shoot button now overrides the Auto aim.
  • Player hit box size decreased.
  • Changed the bounce logic, now when a bullet bounce, it will reset it’s lifetime, allowing it to travel further.
  • Changed the logic for reloading, starting the moment you ran out of bullets, instead of waiting for the attack cooldown duration.
  • Revolver damage increased from 5 to 6.
  • Pistol shooting speed increased by 20%.
  • Shotgun bullet lifetime increased by 50% and speed variation decreased by 50%.
  • Green Slime health decreased from 10 to 8.
  • Red Slime projectile speed decreased by 25%.
  • Purple Slime movement speed decreased by 20%.
  • Zombies movement speed decreased by 25%.
  • Skeleton Head size increased by 25%.
  • Skeleton Head hit box size decreased.
  • Crossbow Skeleton projectile speed decreased by 20%.
  • Increased Armor Skeleton health from 95 to 125.
  • Decreased Armor Skeleton Speed by 25%.
  • Decrease the spawn rate of Crossbow Skeletons.
  • Changed the spawn of Medium Eyes for Skeletons and Armor Skeletons, so there is less Enemy projectiles on screen.
  • Changed the curve of Enemy Spawn, so there’s more enemies on screen. The idea behind these changes, is for the game to feel more like you are slaying a Horde of enemies. And since there’s more slimes and zombies, there will more xp thus easing the overall difficulty of the fame.

So, that’s it for patch notes, there are still some changes that I want to try out, some bug fixes here and there, but I am focusing on the next Map, I feel that the game really lacks content right now and I should focus on that.

Thanks for the support.