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 » Paper Planet » We’re Back! (Small Update)

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.

Paper Planet » We’re Back! (Small Update)

Paper Planet is 20% Off for the Bullet Heaven Fest!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/34791/Sin__Space_Bundle__Heretics_Fork_x_Paper_Planet/

You can buy the game alongside another hit roguelike, Heretic’s Fork, for 28% off both titles!

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WE EMERGE FROM OUR SLUMBER

Hey everyone! We’re back from our much-needed vacations and working on the game again! Though we’re still revving our engines, we’ve gotten together a small update with 7 new items for ya.


(A preview of the new items)

Changelog:

– Added Ms Slashy
– Added Tornado
– Added Panic Button
– Added Mysterious Potion
– Added Mysterious Cake
– Added Queen’s Scepter
– Added Six Shooter
– Reworked Tyrant’s Crown to have normal bullets follow charged bullets more closely
– Increased the homing strength of Lockon Radar

So what’s next?

While the pace of development may be a little slower due to Karl and I trying to start our professional lives (we’re both in our early twenties), we’re planning to re-add a more comprehensive version of the boss dialogue from the demo, add new alternate boss forms that the player can encounter, experiment with adding some form of item rerolling to the game, and squash some of the bug reports that have been building up while we’ve been on break.

Other things we’ve been considering but have not made any plans to implement are:
– An endless mode
– Online co-op
– Greater modding support

We can’t make any promises for these features due to the uncertain status of our availability and the Unity game engine as a whole, and if they are added it will likely be far into the future, but we would still like to see them implemented if possible.

And of course thank you guys for your continued support of Paper Planet! We never thought the game would go this far when we started it as a hobby project in high school, and we’re excited to see what the future holds for us.

Sincerely, Will and Karl

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New from 2 Left Thumbs

Schism is a challenging roguelite action RPG with guns, gods, leveling, and frequency-switching action. The combination of deep leveling and stat systems, full gun customization, deity worship, intense bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/

It has a Free Demo, and is coming to Early Access in December 2023!
Be sure to add it to your Wishlists. Thank you for all the support!

-Graeme (2 Left Thumbs