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welcome to v0.001 of the website!! ty for bearing with us while we optimize the survivors-likes wiki! the main page loads the entire database for pinned browsing atm, so this will take a long time. You can scroll while it loads. try a search/filter query or click a taxonomy tag to see a smaller slice. Survivors-likes List Menu Search Edit 900+ games! Comparing bullet heavens, arena shooters, waves, hordes and more! Research data entered by hand ♡	Taxonomy Archive << Platform Compatibility: itch.io ~ 20 found Game and Release Info Search and Filter Results The wiki database includes over 200 columns for info! View toggles: compact, pin, fun. Bigger Big Normal Small Smaller [-] [+] font size. Site & minireviews by xoxomonstergirl. Click a row to expand!	Genre/Control Specific tags for the title's features	Ranking Similarity & Review	Review Multiple Sources	Similarity Compared to VS. Not a review!	Similarity Scale Percentage of possible points earned scored -1 to 1 in tenths in 60 categories Genre Controls Modes Progress Builds Stages Content Aesthetic Vibe
	[edit] Vampire Survivors DLC Released The game that sparked the debate! Not the first, but the most influential. Detailed review notes are available for each ranked title! The numbers in the similarity column measure similarity to Vampire Survivors, not a review. You can also see review scores! A couple extremely different games are included to test the ranking scale - as more games get fully ranked, these will stay near the bottom. Help us improve the wiki by hitting the edit button and filling out or correcting info. You can also submit info via the dev/player surveys linked in the header. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Shooter Bullet Heaven Content Rich Enemy Hell Horde Survival Mowing Game Roguelite Single Stick Shooter Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Wave Survival	9.9 Combined Ranking Score 1/72 Ranking Position 1595/1600 Total Points	9.8 Final Review 98% Steam 9.7 Scale 10.0 Vibes 205178 Steam Reviews 395/400 Review Points	10.0 Similarity Score 100% Diagnosis: Similar 1200/1200 Comparison Points	100% Genre 8/8 genre	100% Simple Controls 7/7 move	100% Survival Modes 4/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	100% Buildcrafting Depth 5/5 build	100% Stage Features 7/7 stage	100% Content Breadth 9/9 stuff	100% Aesthetics 6/6 style	100% Gameplay Vibe Check 10/10 vibe vibe
Vampire Survivors Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 92.8 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/23/2023 The standard to which all other games on this list are held! We recognize that it's not just the basics of gameplay but also the depth of content and collectables that makes it addictive. It's a simple casual game about moving towards some things and away from other things. And it's a complex hardcore build crafting systems game about over the top screen wiping action. It's a very influential game with an auto-fire design that isn't just replicating how weapons work without it, where as one dev on another game put it "every weapon makes you move in a different way." Many followers don't fully understand what it attempted to deconstruct and many attempt to do their own thing. Also I just found out a full symphony orchestra was used for the DLC soundtrack - what the fuck! We're not considering some more recently added features in our main scale, mainly just because they came out after the game had moved to DLC. The multiplayer is free, but the boom happened before it happened so we're just kind of leaving it in metadata for now. The new adventure mode is also linked to DLC. It's totally possible, just annoying, to add more categories to the scale, but for now we're going on 'vanilla' Vampire Survivors circa 2023. It's easy to see which categories we are comparing, anyway, on the scale heatmap! There isn't as in depth review notes here, but if you check out the explainer much of it is about breaking down what made Vampire Survivors so successful and seperated it from other similar games that came before. The scoring guide also will walk through how Vampire Survivors works for every category on the scale. Note on other games: "Many of these games have campaign or dungeon crawling mode, but we're not really scoring that for or against them directly, just if they include the wave survival modes." Longer reviews are sometimes for worse games: "I just write more when there are issues to note. Some are just more complicated. Just don't think a short review means it's bad, often it means there's little to complain about. Enjoy the scale!" - xoxomonstergirl Vampire Survivors Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 10.0 Similarity Score 100% Diagnosis: 1200/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 1/1 Move Only 1/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming 1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 1/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 1/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 1/1 Vampire Survivors Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.8 Final Review 98% Positive Steam Reviews 205178 Steam Reviews 10.0 Pure Vibes 9.7 Review Scale 395/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 0.9/1 Good UI 0.8/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 8.7 Converted 10 Point Score 29 Number of Critic Reviews User 8.3 User Review Average 332 Number of User Reviews Average 8.5 Direct Average 8.3 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Vampire Survivors Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags AndroidBrowseriOSitch.ioLinuxMacSteam DeckSwitchWindows PCXboxDLCReleased Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-ShooterBullet HeavenContent RichEnemy HellHorde SurvivalMowing GameRogueliteSingle Stick ShooterSurvivors-likeTop Down or IsometricWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DLofiPixel ArtRetro Setting / Story Tags ComedyFantasyHorror ThemedUndead Control Styles Auto-AimAuto-FireControllerController 1 HandedController Move OnlyKeyboard 1 HandedKeyboard OnlyMouse Only Game Mode Tags Bestiary/LoreBoss EndedCampaign/StoryCo-OpCurrency MetaprogressionDifficulty ModesDifficulty ModifiersEndless ModeEnemy Trap EventsMultiplayerNo TutorialRoulette ProgressionSpeed UpTimed SurvivalUnlockable CharactersWave Survival30m Features and Extras Holiday EventSoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading Cards Dev/Publisher Poncle Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/vampire-survivors Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#vampire-survivors Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 5 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1794680/vampire_survivors Steam Price: 4.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 12/17/2021 Full 10/20/2022 Developer: Poncle Publisher: Poncle Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: No Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms Xbox Switch Android iOS Browser (itch.io) Community & Social Links Forum Discord Subreddit Wiki Homepage Twitter Instagram TikTok YouTube YouTube Tag TikTok Tag Twitch Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: Co-Op Online: No Player Count: 4 Leaderboards: No Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 190 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: Yes Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Yes itch.io DLC Available: Yes Soundtrack Available: Steam SoundCloud YouTube Critic Review Excerpt - + Here's another perspective to evaluate the game. "With its dead-simple graphics and basic map and enemy design, Vampire Survivors seems like it has no business sticking with me as much as it does. And yet, I felt compelled to put over a hundred hours into experimenting with its many weapon and ability upgrade combinations, starting round after round trying to reach the end and unlock all of its characters, evolve all of its weapons, and unlock all of its secrets. The bewitching spell of its appeal can be broken by the duller stretches between when you find a great build or unlock a challenging new mode, but it probably won't be long until you find a new way to challenge yourself to survive just a few seconds longer." By Dan Stapleton, IGN Read More Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you." "Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements. Hell is empty, the devils are here, and there's no place to run or hide. All you can do is survive as long as you can until death inevitably puts an end to your struggles. Gather gold in each run to buy upgrades and help the next survivor." "The supernatural indie phenomenon that lets you be the bullet hell!" More info and fan reviews on steam Control Style Notes - + Single Stick Shooter: Vampire Survivors has a movement only control scheme, except for selecting upgrades and naivating the menu with one button. Auto-Shooter: Attacks happen on a cool down timer with no player button or trigger available. They also auto-aim in various ways depending on the weapon. Mowing Game: Movement is the primary mechanic, you're always charting a path away from some things and towards others. Automated attacks have distinct shapes so "every weapon forces you to move in a different way" as drowsyau, design lead of Sea of Survivors puts it. This is a distinct feature of the subsubgenre of mowing games. Enemies from maze like patterns. Automated Features Auto-Aim Auto-Fire Default, no option for manual aim or trigger. Supported Controls Controller: Full Controller Move Only: Yes Controller One Handed: Yes Mouse Only: Yes Keyboard Only: Yes Keyboard One Handed: Yes Accessibility & Tutorial - + Accessibility Notes Seizure warning. Game is highly accessible control-wise out of the box due to the large array of support and simple single stick controls. Menu FX Toggles: Flashing VFX and screen shake toggle Legibility/Visibility Toggles: Border Opacity, Pixel Font, Co-Op Outlines, Disable Damage Numbers Option to disable blood. Tutorial Notes Vampire Survivors has no tutorial. On first launch it quickly opens to a menu where you have few options but to simply start a run. Inside a run, you are presented with no prompts, control diagrams or instructions. It works fine, because there is only one control during play: Joystick, mouse click or touch screen press to move. Game Modes - + Timed Survival Endless Survival Campaign / Story (Adventure DLC) Difficulty Modes (Hyper, Hurry, Inverse, Endless) Difficulty Modifiers (Via Meta Unlocks) Multiplayer Co-Op Game Mode Notes Starts with 30m survival and opens up other game modes and difficulty options as you progress. Each difficulty mode has a variety of changes and increased rewards, including: Hyper Mode: Character and enemies move faster, difficulty is increased in a few ways. Hurry Mode: In Hurry mode, there's 2x Clock Speed and increased XP. Inverse Mode: In Inverse mode, the map is flipped upside down (literally) and much difficulty is increased Endless mode: Instead of an unkillable boss spawn at 30m, the enemy waves repeat with increased difficulty Some meta unlocks also increase or modify difficulty and eventually you can banish some upgrade options pre-run for a "deck construction" style gameplay aspect. Quick streamlined menu directs you into the next run with minimal effort. Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 30m Run Time Notes The initial run time is about 30 minutes, later stages are 15 minutes. "Hyper Mode" allows standard stages to take 15m run time. Run is ended by a near impossible to kill boss. Unlockable endless modes and difficulty modifiers. Speed Settings 2x Unlockable "Hyper Mode" Hurry mode increases player and enemy speed, but not clock speed. Player Power Progression - + Detailed notes on progression systems. In Run Progression During the run the player defeats enemies and gathers xp drops to level up. Level dialog pops up automatically on xp gain event. Leveling is done by selecting random options for ability enhancing items or attacking weapons (kind of like cards, but presented horizontally), eventually with the option of rerolling or banishing options. Items can also be collected off the ground when found around a map. They can also gather temporary powerups dropped by enemies and open elite enemy treasure chests for items and weapons. In addition, a later game system of "arcana" drops further allows for modification of the run. Weapons and items can combine when fully leveled for "evolved" forms. When you "run out" of levels in an endless run you can pick gold or health and even set it to auto. The player can hold 6 weapons, but pick up over the limit Meta Progression As the game progresses players unlock more stage and difficulty options by accomplishing timed survival goals and find based goals on each stage. They also unlock the option to purchase characters or purchase upgrades, as well as new weapons/items to find in future runs. Players earn a currency through runs (gold) that can be spent on the in run vendor (eventually unlocked) or saved to get character or upgrades in the menu. Upgrades can be refunded, allowing for some buildcrafting. Content By The Numbers - + 58 Characters (16 secret, 16 DLC) 48 Base Weapons (+7 Counterparts) 38 Evolved Weapons and Unions 10 Special / Temporary Weapons 17 Passive Effect Items (Almost all with upgrade levels) 16 Weapon Stats 19 Pickups (XP, Gold, Food, Powerups) 22 feature unlocking relics to find 22 Run Modifying Arcana Cards 22 Meta Upgrade Powerups 198 Unique Enemies (58 Bosses) 19 Stages 5 Stage Modes 2 DLC available In Game Lore & Extras Collection - Browse weapons, items, relics, arcana Bestiary - Browse Enemies Music - On stage select, can listen jukebox-style UI Walkthrough: Main Menus - + Any other accessibility or menu options not mentioned already in the game modes. Instead of deciding what to list here, I'm going to just list it all. This should make for a pretty interesting UI study, actually, but probably won't be needed by most players. These are all likely missing late game unlock options! Please comment in corrections! From top left, back or close buttons are assumed. Spoiler Warning! Menu unlocks often happen later in play. See also meta unlock menu walkthrough. Main Menu Quit Options - "Favorites", Display, Sound, Gameplay, Co-Op, Account Start -> Character Select --> Enter Co-Op -- Max Weapons, Eggs, Meta Stat Sidebar, Map Completion Sidebar --> Stage Select --- Stage Stat Sidebar, Music Selection --- Difficulty Modes (Hyper, Hurry, Arcanas, Limit Break, Inverse, Endless) ---> Start Quick Start Collection (Seal Item) Power Up (Purchase and refund with gold) Unlocks (Option to hide completed) Bestiary Credits Secrets (Checklist, Enter Cheat Code "Cast Spell") Display & Sound Both under "Options" in main menu. Display - Resolution Dropdown - Vsync - Border Transparency Dropdown - Checkboxes: Flashing VFX, Disable Blood, Weapons ScreenShake, Pixel Font, Show Defanged Enemies Sound - Sounds Slider - Music Slider - Option for "Classic" or "Blast Processed" sound effects Track / speed options for music available at level select. Gameplay / Input / Other Options Under "options" in the main menu. Gameplay - Checkboxes: Damage Numbers, Show stage progression, Visually Invert Stages, Touch Screen Control Stick - Option for Legacy or Default Joystick Type Co-Op - Player Colour Dropdowns - Checkboxes: Show Co-OP Indicators, Co-Op Vibration, Tint UI Selection, Sequential Chest Mode Account - Language Selection (Many Options) - Twitch Channel Connect - Data Recovery UI Walkthrough: Player HUD & Pause - + From top left of the screen, persistent UI during play (aka Heads Up Display) and other menus during your run. Player HUD / Gameplay UI XP Bar across full screen width, level number in top left corner. Weapon/Item Slots in top left corner. Timer in middle. Enemy and gold count in top right corner. Mouse pause button in top right corner, low opacity. Player health bar below avatar. Optional touch screen joystick on screen, damage numbers, and arrows on edge of screen for pickups and treasure drops. Pause Menus Stats Sidebar, Map - Options -- Sounds, Music, Touch Screen Control Stick, Flashing VFX, Weapons ScreenShake, Damage Numbers --\| Quit --> Resume - Hide Pickups / Show Pickups - Hide Guide / Show Guides - Open Grimoire - Resume UI Walkthrough: Leveling & Progression - + Listing UI display as well. "In run" applies to "round end" UI in games with rounds. May use in game terms for complicated concepts. See also metaprogression system notes in the game mode notes. Level / Power Up / Treasure: In Run and End Menus XP drops as gems. Gold, powerups and health drop from enemies and breakables. Items sit on map. Enemies drop chests. On XP Gain Event - Equipment and Stat Sidebar - 3-4 Level Options in vertical bordered list - Reroll, Skip, Banish If Arcana is Enabled in late game, starts with "Randomazzo" and more can be dropped - pick from 22 tarot style "cards' with major effects. Merchant - when found purchase from unlocked options with gold. Treasure Pickup Event - Display gacha style drop and confirm, no options. End Run Displays Results -> Done Meta Unlock Menus Characters can be purchased from character select, under "Start". Upgrades, called "powerups" are purchased in a simple UI with checkboxes after the option to purchase them has been unlocked through goals. Upgrade Options / Unlocks: Might, Armor, Max Health, Recovery, Cooldown Area, Speed, Duration, Amount, Move Speed, Magnet, Luck, Growth, Greed, Curse, Revival, Omni, Defang, Reroll, Skip, Banish, Seal Meta PowerUps can be Refunded, characters cannot. Meta PowerUps can be individually toggled off after purchase.
	[edit] HoloCure - Save the Fans! Free Available Released Very commonly recommended free game for if you want something tight to the Vampire Survivors formula and just as fun. Technically a fan game for Hololive, it's a feature rich game anyone can enjoy. Some features, including fishing, are tucked into a little life sim menu mode. Has aiming and special moves but they can be ignored and still play ok. Many meta notes via Joske and Genki on Discord! Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Shooter Bullet Heaven Content Rich Enemy Hell Female Protagonist Fishing Horde Survival Mowing Game Roguelite Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Twin Stick Shooter Wave Survival	9.0 Combined Ranking Score 3/72 Ranking Position 1501/1600 Total Points	9.3 Final Review 99% Steam 9.7 Scale 8.3 Vibes 21125 Steam Reviews 379/400 Review Points	8.7 Similarity Score 94% Diagnosis: Similar 1122/1200 Comparison Points	99% Genre 7.8/8 genre	74% Simple Controls 3.3/7 move	100% Survival Modes 4/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	100% Buildcrafting Depth 5/5 build	81% Stage Features 4.4/7 stage	94% Content Breadth 8/9 stuff	99% Aesthetics 5.9/6 style	99% Gameplay Vibe Check 9.8/10 vibe vibe
HoloCure - Save the Fans! Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 6.2 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/21/2023 You might not realize these are all fan representations of HoloLive vtubers as characters, except for the game kind of tells you. Many players including myself have no idea who they are and still enjoy the game a lot. It has a lighter humorous tone that doesn't bog it down into meme game territory and nails the basic VS formula with some subtle twists and upgrades with weapon evolutions. Adds aiming and a special move button, but some builds you can make work for 1 handed play. Also has a home decoration side game, fishing, and more! On the downside, feels a little 'light' and less immersive for some reason to me, but hey, it's free! I'll be playing more of it! Did I say it's totally free? It's Free! I'll come back and make real notes later. Full level/progression notes from Genki: "Leveling up is done like Vampire Survivors. Enemies drop XP, on level up you choose a weapon (or item). Eventually there's an option to reroll or banish a weapon or item. Occasionally, anvils drop on the ground. Anvils allow you to level up a weapon/item without the need for xp, enchant a weapon (apply a random buff) or enhance a weapon beyond it's max level (each enhancement costs coins and every time per weapon the probability of success decreases). Stamps also drop from time to time. Stamps are buffs that are only applied to the main character-unique weapon. You can equip a max of 3 stamps and level them up to level 3 by sacrificing other stamps. Stamps can also be sold for coins. There's a also a super rare chance for super-items to drop from boxes. Super items are buffed version of normal items without any downside." "Players can combine certain weapons to make a collab, an evolved version of those two weapon that also frees a slot. When certain requirements are met and the player collects a golden hammer, they have the chance to combine a collab with an item to make a super collab." HoloCure - Save the Fans! Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 8.7 Similarity Score 94% Diagnosis: 1122/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.8/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only 0/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming 0.3/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 0.2/1 BIG Maps 0.2/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0.5/1 Bestiary / Lore 0.5/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.9/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 1/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.8/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 1/1 HoloCure - Save the Fans! Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.3 Final Review 99% Positive Steam Reviews 21125 Steam Reviews 8.3 Pure Vibes 9.7 Review Scale 379/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 0.7/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 8.0 Converted 10 Point Score 1 Number of Critic Reviews User 8.7 User Review Average 21 Number of User Reviews Average 8.4 Direct Average 8.7 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean HoloCure - Save the Fans! Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioSteam DeckWindows PCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-ShooterBullet HeavenContent RichEnemy HellFemale ProtagonistFishingHorde SurvivalMowing GameRogueliteSurvivors-likeTop Down or IsometricTwin Stick ShooterWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DAnimeCutePixel Art Setting / Story Tags ComedyContemporaryMeme Game Control Styles Auto-FireControllerKeyboard Only Game Mode Tags Boss EndedCookingDifficulty ModifiersEndless ModeFishingHub ZoneIgnorable TutorialMinigame MetaprogressionMinigamesRoulette ProgressionTimed SurvivalUnlockable CharactersWave Survival20m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher KayAnimate Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/holocure-save-the-fans Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#holocure-save-the-fans Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 7 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2420510/holocure__save_the_fans Steam Price: 0 (USD) Release Date: Original Release 06/23/2022 Steam 08/16/2023 / 08/17/2023 (Indonesia Independence Day) Developer: KayAnimate Publisher: KayAnimate Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: Yes Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Forum Discord Subreddit Wiki itch.io Homepage Twitter YouTube TikTok Tag Twitch Tag Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: In Game and Online Leaderboards Genki: "Finishing a run in Endless mode lets you upload your score to the board" Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 82 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Totally Free DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: YouTube Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game." "Free, unofficial fan game featuring the vtuber talents of Hololive and its surrounding community, with gameplay heavily inspired by Vampire Survivors and Magic Survival." More info and fan reviews on steam Control Style Notes - + Genki: "Twin stick shooter with special skills activated by a button and strafing / aiming lock also toggled by holding a button. Can be played with only keyboard (aiming and strafing will be locked to eight directions), mouse+keyboard or controller (both allow for free aiming 360 degrees)." Automated Features Auto-fire. Default, but there is a special move button. No targeted auto-aiming, but by default all weapons that can be aimed fire in the direction your character moves. You can choose to lock(strafe) the aim in a specific direction or use free aiming with m+k or controller Supported Controls Controller: Partial Controller Move Only: No Controller One Handed: Partially Genki: "Possible to assign special skill and strafing to the two left triggers. Would be missing the free aim that comes with the right stick, though." Mouse Only: No Keyboard Only: Yes. Genki: "Weapon aiming and strafing will be restricted to only 8 directions, though." Keyboard One Handed: Partially. Genki: "It's possible to play with 1 hand with certain weapon combinations and characters, but not all." Accessibility & Tutorial - + Accessibility Notes Game is semi-accessible as it can be played with one hand, but it loses the aiming features. Menu FX Toggles: Attack opacity slider, Visual Effects, Screen Shake, Show Skill Radius Tutorial Notes Has a very quick basic tutorial when you start a run for the first time showing basic movement and aiming controls for both keyboard + mouse and controller (twin-stick controls). Game Modes - + Stage Mode (Timed Survival) Endless Mode (Endless Survival) Time Mode (Speedrun Mode) HoloHouse (Various Minigames: Management Sim, Farming, Fishing, Cooking) Difficulty Modifiers (via Meta Unlocks / HoloHouse) Game Mode Notes Stage mode and Endless mode can be selected in all stages. Time mode has an specific stage specifically made for it. The HoloHouse features various minigames such as fishing, farming, cooking, worker management and house building. Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes Stage mode is the default game mode that lasts 20 minutes and the run ends when the player defeats the final boss. Endless mode lasts 30+ minutes (to upwards of 60 minutes, sometimes more depending on build and strategy), the run ends with a mob horde with exponentially increasing stats that eventually overwhelmed the player. Time mode lasts 3-10 minutes. The goal is to complete a certain objective as fast as possible. Speed Settings None Player Power Progression - + Detailed notes on progression systems. In Run Progression Very similar to Vampire Survivors. Enemies drop XP, on dialog pops up on level event, eventual reroll and "banish" options. Occasionally dropped "anvils" allow you to instantly level, buff or a chance to further enhance a weapon beyond it's max level for coins. Occasionally dropped "stamps" are also equippable/upgradeable/swappable buffs Very rare chance of super-items dropped from boxes, which are buffed versions of items without any downside. Weapons can combine and evolve, called a "collab", freeing an equip slot. In certain conditions they can combine with an item to make a "super collab". Meta Progression Players unlock new stages, items and weapons by completing certain goals. They can earn gold (holocoins) through runs that can be spent on upgrades and characters. The characters can not be purchased directly and are instead obtained through gacha with the in-game currency. Repeat characters in the gacha upgrade the existing character. Repeat characters on a gacha banner also give a secondary currency (a "tear") per repeated character. Tears can be used to directly purchase characters or outfits without the need for gacha. Upgrades can be refunded, gold spent on gacha can not be refunded. In the HoloHouse, gold can be spent on farming crops and combined with fish obtained from a fishing minigame. It's cooked into various food items that give effects during gameplay (essentially difficulty modifiers.) Content By The Numbers - + 38 Characters, each one with a unique main weapon and 3 unique skills 64 Alternate Outfits in total 16 Base Weapons 23 Collabs 4 Super Collabs 34 Items(16 Super Item variants) 20 Stamps 16 Craftable Modifiers ("Foods") 1 XP pickup, 1 Healing Item (by default. Character skills can add more) 7 Stages (4 Normal, 3 Hard Variants with unique twists) 1 Time Stage 40+ Unique Enemies (and multiple variants) 17 Bosses 3 Levels of "Fandom" Buffs per character 168 In-Game Achievements(some also act as requirements for unlocks) Multiple additional Features dependant on character skills In Game Lore & Extras Armory - Check weapons, items, collabs and super collabs (super items not visible) HoloHouse - House Decoration minigame - Fishing minigame - Cooking - Management minigame (Fishing, cooking and management minigame required to 100% completion) UI Walkthrough: Main Menus - + Any other accessibility or menu options not mentioned already in the game modes. Instead of deciding what to list here, I'm going to just list it all. This should make for a pretty interesting UI study, actually, but probably won't be needed by most players. These are all likely missing late game unlock options! Please comment in corrections! From top left, back or close buttons are assumed. Spoiler Warning! Menu unlocks often happen later in play. See also meta unlock menu walkthrough. Main Menu Play ->Character Select -->Outfit Select (if extra outfits unlocked) -> Mode Select (Stage, Endless or Time) --> Stage Select(Also enable Food from HoloHouse) HoloHouse -> Character Select Shop -> Character Gacha --> Banner Selection (Select your number of rolls from 1-10) -> Tears Menu (Buy Outfits or Characters directly with the secondary currency tears) -> Buy Upgrades -> Armory (Collection) Leaderboard Achievements -> Achievements --> General Achievements --> Character Specific Achievements -> Fandoms (Character-based meta-progression based on goals) Settings Credits Quit Display & Sound Available on the main menu or the pause menu Display - Resolution(720p or 1080p) - Fullscreen - Attack Opacity - Damage Numbers - Visual Effects - Screen Shake - Hud Portrait(Character Portrait) - Hud HP bar - Hud HP number - Show Mini HP(above player) - Hide HP if full - Show Skill radius - Show Stamps Sound - Music Volume Slider - Sound Volume Slider Gameplay / Input / Other Options Available on the main menu or the pause menu Gameplay - Damage Numbers, Visual Effects, etc under the option "Graphic Settings". See Display and Sound Options column Input - Keybinds: Confirm/Strafe, Cancel/Special, Left,Right, Up,Down,SET ALL. - Controller: Confirm/Strafe,Strafe(Alt),Cancel/Special,Special(Alt),Start,Menu,SET ALL - Controller Vibration Other - Language (English, Indonesian, Japanese) - HoloHouse Custom Names (randomizes workers names in HoloHouse) - HoloHouse Custom Messages UI Walkthrough: Player HUD & Pause - + From top left of the screen, persistent UI during play (aka Heads Up Display) and other menus during your run. Player HUD / Gameplay UI XP bar runs across the screen. Level is displayed on the top right. Character Portrait (Size can be selected in settings) 6 weapon slots and 6 item slots below them. All next to character portrait. Character Skill icon and charging bar below character portrait. Coins collected and below it, enemies defeated. Both top right close to level. Timer on display at all times. Shows selected mode and time elapsed. Pause Menus Actual Pause Menu on the center. On the left, Character Artwork, name and stats are shown. -Skills (check character-specific skills and their level) -Stamps (upgrade, swap or sell stamps) -Collabs (see a list of already unlocked collabs and super collabs) -Resume -Settings -Quit UI Walkthrough: Leveling & Progression - + Listing UI display as well. "In run" applies to "round end" UI in games with rounds. May use in game terms for complicated concepts. See also metaprogression system notes in the game mode notes. Level / Power Up / Treasure: In Run and End Menus XP drops as play buttons of varying color depending on the XP given. Gold drops from enemies. Health items can either drop randomly or be obtained by breaking certain objects. Anvils that let you upgrade your weapon also drop. On XP Gain Event - On the left, Character Artwork, name and stats are shown. - Can bring up a side menu to see all available collabs possible. - Pick from 4 options. Items/Weapons - Reroll, Eliminate On Stamp pickup -Picked up stamp on left side. Description in the bottom center. -Select an option to swap/upgrade/sell the stamp with any already placed stamp or place stamp in empty slot On Collab - Shows 6 weapons on screen. Weapons that can be collabed in general glow. On Super Collab - Shows all weapons and items on screen. Weapons and items that can super collab glow. On Anvil pickup - Shows all weapons and items. Maxed out items are greyed out. - On item select: Level up item for free. - On weapon select: Level up item for free if not maxed out. Can also "enchant" weapon (apply a buff) for coins. If weapon already maxed, can choose to level up beyond max level for coins, has a probability to fail enhancement. On box drop - Can select to accept the drop or refuse it Meta Unlock Menus Characters can be purchased via gacha banners. There's a "tears" sub-menu per banner that also acts as a way to check alt outfit unlocked status. Upgrades are bought in the shop. Divided in three menus: Enhancements (unlock basic game systems like stamps, rerolls, eliminates), Stat Upgrades and Others(Game modifiers like weapon limit, banning super items, hardcore mode) Enhancements: Special Attack, Growth, Reroll, Eliminate, Stamps, Enchantments, Fandom Stat Upgrades: HP, ATK, Speed,Crit, Pickup Range, Haste, Regen, Defense, Special Cooldown Reduction, Skill Up, EXP Gain Up, Foods Drop Up, Coins Up, Enhancement Rates Up Others: Marketing, Weapon Limit, Item Limit, Collab Ban, Super Items Ban, G Rank Off, Hardcore Mode, Refund All All upgrades can be refunded, including the basic system ones (required for some achievements). Characters cannot be refunded, but repeated characters on a gacha banner grant you a tear. With enough tears you can purchase characters or outfits directly without the need for gacha. Fandom Menu: Under the Achievements Menu. Provides a list of every character's fandom exp and their conditions to level up. Fandoms grant you bonuses for each character. 3 levels of fandom per character.
	[edit] Void Scrappers Free Available Released A fan loved tightly designed little space survivors-like with a really jammin soundtrack that seals the deal. One handed play possible if you map the boost. Definitely faster and much harder than most games here start off. There's a lot of competition among the space games, this is one of the better ones. It manages to straddle the line of simple and complex in many ways, never seeming to suffer from the lack of trappings in some other games, but also hiding a bit of its depth under arcade stylings and unclear unlocks. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arena Shooter Auto-Shooter Enemy Hell Roguelite Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric	8.8 Combined Ranking Score 7/72 Ranking Position 1471/1600 Total Points	9.3 Final Review 91% Steam 9.6 Scale 9.3 Vibes 404 Steam Reviews 380/400 Review Points	8.2 Similarity Score 91% Diagnosis: Similar 1091/1200 Comparison Points	94% Genre 7.1/8 genre	87% Simple Controls 5.2/7 move	99% Survival Modes 3.9/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	100% Buildcrafting Depth 5/5 build	79% Stage Features 4.1/7 stage	74% Content Breadth 4.4/9 stuff	100% Aesthetics 6/6 style	99% Gameplay Vibe Check 9.7/10 vibe vibe
Void Scrappers Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 5.0 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/4/2023 An incredibly satisfying and easy to loop into space survivors-like. The controls remind me of playing the drifty UFO style Arilou in Star Control 2, where you'll keep moving a little bit but it's never annoying because you can zip right back around. It's got what I'd say are bullet hell hitboxes (in the best way) where you can cruise quite close to an enemy and still save your neck at the last second. That's good because it's honestly also very challenging due to the fast movement and generally only 3 or 4 health you've got, with few ways to make yourself more resistant to a hit. Feels a little slow to unlock things, but also the minimal menu design makes it easy to forget there are also challenge based unlocks and not just the currency ones. Once I got in the habit of finding a challenge to chase I was fully sucked into the "one more run" loop. It adds a dash but besides that it's mostly an auto shooter. While most space games (and most survivors-likes in general it seems) add twin stick controls, this one happily handles the aiming all on its own. I love that there's a no dashing challenge because I hate dashing. It's technically an arena shooter but an enjoyable parallax scroll effect and the zippy travel makes it seem like you're in the endless void and not a tiny box, so it doesn't get negative scores in the map size and exploration, even a tiny positive in "big" maps. When you finish the survival/boss mode it just kills you with spawns VS style, but if you make an invincible build it's possible to continue until you break the game. We'll call this full points for both. Really really good menu music. Great music overall. Like if star control was scored by trent reznor. Accidentally left it paused for a half hour just enjoying it on my phone. Game is considered complete with no updates planned, dev is working now on Bore Blasters, also on this spreadsheet. Void Scrappers Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 8.2 Similarity Score 91% Diagnosis: 1091/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.8/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.8/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.5/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0.5/1 Move Only 0.7/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming 1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.9/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 0/1 BIG Maps 0.1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 0.4/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.7/1 Over the Top 1/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 0.7/1 Void Scrappers Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.3 Final Review 91% Positive Steam Reviews 404 Steam Reviews 9.3 Pure Vibes 9.6 Review Scale 380/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 0.8/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.8/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 7.3 Converted 10 Point Score 2 Number of Critic Reviews User 9.0 User Review Average 1 Number of User Reviews Average 8.2 Direct Average 7.9 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Void Scrappers Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags BrowserGOGitch.ioLinuxMacSteam DeckSwitchWindows PCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Arena ShooterAuto-ShooterEnemy HellRogueliteSurvivors-likeTop Down or Isometric Aesthetic Tags 2DLofiPixel ArtRetro Setting / Story Tags ComedySci-fiShip (Air/Space)Space Control Styles Auto-AimAuto-FireController Game Mode Tags Difficulty ModifiersEndless ModeNo TutorialSpeed UpTimed SurvivalWave Survival30m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher 8BitSkull Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/void-scrappers Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#void-scrappers Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 11 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2005210/void_scrappers Steam Price: 3.99 (USD) Release Date: 10/21/2022 Developer: 8BitSkull Publisher: 8BitSkull Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms Switch GOG itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 11 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: itch.io DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Steam YouTube Bandcamp GOG Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs. "Void Scrappers Post Mortem" - dev interview "I wanted to play into the power fantasy that a lot of these recent horde shooters aspire to by letting the player move fast. I never liked walking around slowly while doing my slaying, so I've put the player in a zippy space ship. Not just that - but the ship has a dash ability which provides a brief turbo boost (with invincibility!). The game is still difficult, just not because you move slowly." Great responsive dev, helped clarify several features in interview. More info and fan reviews on steam Control Style Notes - + Zippy fast moving single stick shooter. It adds a dash but otherwise limits attack controls. Automated Features Auto-Fire Auto-Aim There's no way to disable. Supported Controls Controller: Full Controller Move Only: No Controller One Handed: ? Mouse Only: No Keyboard Only: ? Keyboard One Handed: ? Game Modes - + Timed/Endless Survival Difficulty Setting (Enemy Projectiles) Game Mode Notes Dev: "Enemy projectiles can be turned off in settings. This slightly increases enemy HP." Only one mode, but we're considering it both timed and endless - see run time notes. Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 30m Run Time Notes Dev: "In-game time, the end stages of a run are triggered at 20 minutes. However time stops for upgrades and weapons, so actual time is longer." When you finish the survival/boss mode it just kills you with spawns VS style, but if you make an invincible build it's possible to continue until you break the game. We'll call this full points for both. Speed Settings 0.75x - 1.25x Game speed can be changed in settings with no other impact to achievements or anything else.
	[edit] Scarlet Tower EA Free Available Perhaps the most thematically and directly inspired (non-shovelware) I've played so far, especially with regards to weapons. It tries to do a lot but comes off with the impression a lot of surface level complexity (and annoying if pretty UI) covers for less actual depth / impactful feeling gameplay. Control-wise, it has toggle-able auto-aim and auto-fire and a dash, so that bumps it down a little in the ranking despite it feeling more like VS than almost any other game on the list. Pretty, but felt too derivative vibe-wise to me. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Shooter Bullet Heaven Enemy Hell Horde Survival Mowing Game Roguelite Single Stick Shooter Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Twin Stick Shooter Wave Survival	8.2 Combined Ranking Score 18/72 Ranking Position 1463/1600 Total Points	7.5 Final Review 86% Steam 6.9 Scale 6.9 Vibes 799 Steam Reviews 324/400 Review Points	9.0 Similarity Score 95% Diagnosis: Similar 1139/1200 Comparison Points	99% Genre 7.8/8 genre	88% Simple Controls 5.3/7 move	100% Survival Modes 4/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	95% Buildcrafting Depth 4.5/5 build	100% Stage Features 7/7 stage	93% Content Breadth 7.8/9 stuff	85% Aesthetics 4.2/6 style	92% Gameplay Vibe Check 8.4/10 vibe vibe
Scarlet Tower Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 4.3 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/20/2023 Feels like a "clone", though it has dash, toggleable auto-aim and menu option for auto-fire. Interesting day/night cycle concept. Aesthetically, from the vampire theme to the characters to the directly ripped off and similarly named weapons, the clone aspect may be hard to get past. Gameplay feels crafted but progression feels slow as I'm several hours in, pretty good at these games now, and still only have the first map. Looks like it has more depth than it feels it has in play. Lots of systems but I am for some reason more confused than interested in them, maybe just because of how they are spread out through different menus for unlocks. I think there are four separate tabs for currency based unlocks, and each character has their own set of moves? It's a lot of flipping back and forth to try and figure out synergy. I have other UI quibbles, like it looks better but importantly it's annoying to get into a run by having to go use the joystick to click down to the map and then another step etc. Finally, the characters are more fully rendered but somehow also feel more generic. It's not actually bad. If it was the only game on the market I'd 100% it. As it is, if I want more vampire survivors to the extent I want the same game visually remastered but playwise toned down, I have better options. That sounds a little harsh re-reading it, but I'm probably going to have to learn to be harsh to get through trying 600 of these. Edit 12/21/2023: New features including Endless Mode and Bestiary bumping it significantly up the similarity scale and overall ranking. Scarlet Tower Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 9.0 Similarity Score 95% Diagnosis: 1139/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.8/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0.8/1 Move Only 0.8/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger 0.9/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming 0.8/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0.5/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 0.8/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 1/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.8/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 0.3/1 Subtle Humor 0.1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 0.9/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.8/1 Fun Ramp 0.8/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 0.8/1 Feels like VS 1/1 Scarlet Tower Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 7.5 Final Review 86% Positive Steam Reviews 799 Steam Reviews 6.9 Pure Vibes 6.9 Review Scale 324/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 0.6/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.8/1 Good Theme 0.2/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 0.7/1 Unique Twists 0.1/1 Vibe Check 0.5/1 Scarlet Tower Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioSteam DeckWindows PCEAFree Available Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-ShooterBullet HeavenEnemy HellHorde SurvivalMowing GameRogueliteSingle Stick ShooterSurvivors-likeTop Down or IsometricTwin Stick ShooterWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel ArtSerious Setting / Story Tags FantasyHorror ThemedVampires Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown24m Features and Extras Steam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher Pyxeralia LLC Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/scarlet-tower Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#scarlet-tower Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 22 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2181720/scarlet_tower Steam Price: 4.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 10/31/2022 Developer: Pyxeralia LLC Publisher: Pyxeralia LLC Fully Released? No Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: Yes Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 60 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: on itch.io DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Hunt during the day, be hunted during the NIGHT! Scarlet Tower is a gothic horror casual game with roguelike and RPG elements, like talent trees, classes, familiars and more!" "Look for relics and vendors that only spawn at night.Characters with unique customizable passives. Procedural Map Generation." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 24m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Nova Drift EA Different. A great pick if you you want to pull the trigger in space. Despite not sharing all the features, it can really scratch the "over the top" survivors-like itch with beautiful neon screenwipes. More asteroids influenced than "twin stick" influenced. I personally find the drift physics quite engaging once I've gotten going. Really fun game. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arena Shooter Asteroids-like Bullet Heaven Bullet Hell Content Rich Mowing Game Roguelite Top Down or Isometric Wave Shooter Wave Survival	8.2 Combined Ranking Score 21/72 Ranking Position 1386/1600 Total Points	9.8 Final Review 96% Steam 9.7 Scale 10.0 Vibes 9217 Steam Reviews 393/400 Review Points	6.6 Similarity Score 83% Diagnosis: Different 993/1200 Comparison Points	88% Genre 6.1/8 genre	54% Simple Controls 0.5/7 move	88% Survival Modes 3/4 modes	88% Power Progression 3/4 level	100% Buildcrafting Depth 5/5 build	57% Stage Features 1/7 stage	91% Content Breadth 7.3/9 stuff	88% Aesthetics 4.5/6 style	91% Gameplay Vibe Check 8.2/10 vibe vibe
Nova Drift Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 20.1 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/13/2023 This one came out before VS but has been refined throughout the boom. An excellent space shooter (the creator says they're not space ships but biomechanical life) which is themed with leveling like VS and over the top combos, but also does rely on trigger and propulsion and a blink ability which we'll call a dodge in the VS-like rating. The cargo trains essentially fill the treasure chest role. We'll call the ship gears selected on starting the run a "character" select. So it may satisfy build crafters, but not zen one handed players (though it really got me into its own zone). Not exactly a twin stick shooter - it's a "drift" style game in the vein of Asteroids. Still in early access somehow, will apparently have a campaign too on release. Don't take my lack of notes as a lack of enthusiasm, I don't have many complaints. Try this one! This is one of my favorite games on the list and unfortunately just doesn't have full review notes because I put in most of my time before it was "research." I fully intend to come back and shove 100 hours into this title, though, so I will make more notes. I can't believe it's still in Early Access lol but let's let him cook. Nova Drift Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 6.6 Similarity Score 83% Diagnosis: 993/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only -0.5/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger -0.8/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming 0.8/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival EA/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map -1/1 BIG Maps -1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 0/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 0.3/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 0.5/1 Subtle Humor 0/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 1/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 0.2/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 0.7/1 Nova Drift Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.8 Final Review 96% Positive Steam Reviews 9217 Steam Reviews 10.0 Pure Vibes 9.7 Review Scale 393/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.8/1 Good Theme 0.9/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 8.0 Converted 10 Point Score 1 Number of Critic Reviews User - User Review Average - Number of User Reviews Average 8.0 Direct Average 8.0 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Nova Drift Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags Directitch.ioMacSteam DeckWindows PCEA Sorting Categories DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Arena ShooterAsteroids-likeBullet HeavenBullet HellContent RichMowing GameRogueliteTop Down or IsometricWave ShooterWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DArtyGeometricNeonRaveRetroVector InspiredVivid Setting / Story Tags AbstractShip (Air/Space)Space Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown20m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards Dev/Publisher ChimericPixeljam Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/nova-drift Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#nova-drift Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 25 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/858210/nova_drift Steam Price: 17.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 03/24/2019 Developer: Chimeric Publisher: Pixeljam Fully Released? No Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: No Steam Deck: Yes Other Platforms Direct itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 40 Steam Leaderboards: Yes Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: No DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Steam Bandcamp SoundCloud Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void." "Nova Drift is a 'rogue-lite' space shooter that melds a classic arcade experience with modern action-RPG elements like theory-crafting and deep player choice." "Cunning and creativity are rewarded as you chain upgrade modules for powerful synergies, reminiscent of deck-building games." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Bounty of One Free Available Released Full release is out now! Western themed survivors-like worth checking out. Interesting mechanic where you only fire when standing still. Auto Aim is very direct and weapons tend to basically just be guns, so with the dash-stand-dash gameplay it feels kind of like a more tactical Brotato, but I think more fun feeling theme wise. However, it doesn't have the build depth of Brotato at this time. You only get one weapon and they aren't very different for most characters, so it's not as over the top as VS either. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arena Shooter Auto-Shooter Enemy Hell Rogue-lite Single Stick Shooter Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric	8.1 Combined Ranking Score 23/72 Ranking Position 1410/1600 Total Points	8.6 Final Review 89% Steam 8.8 Scale 8.0 Vibes 1778 Steam Reviews 357/400 Review Points	7.6 Similarity Score 88% Diagnosis: Similar 1053/1200 Comparison Points	93% Genre 6.9/8 genre	67% Simple Controls 2.4/7 move	96% Survival Modes 3.7/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	89% Buildcrafting Depth 3.9/5 build	72% Stage Features 3.1/7 stage	89% Content Breadth 7/9 stuff	91% Aesthetics 4.9/6 style	97% Gameplay Vibe Check 9.4/10 vibe vibe
Bounty of One Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 6.0 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/4/2023 This western themed game is worth checking out if you want to mix it up a bit and aren't as addicted to mowing. Pretty good music. I checked this out when it first came out and wasn't sure about it, glad I came back for 1.0 thanks to this project! It has a good twist on the movement I didn't originally quite get. You only fire when you are standing still. If you're looking for a game to move around in circles for hours this might turn you off at first. But there are some builds you can make where you do exactly that and just give up on firing your weapon and that won me over on it. You might find it slower and less exciting or more tactical and interesting, depending on your viewpoint. They intend to do a lot of updates with more characters coming etc as of the time of this review. Major UI controller issue with unlocks seems fixed now. Something about how the content unlocks is making me feel odd, note to self to check reviews. You can do endless mode after completing a run but you don't get any rewards, dinging it in the category. Has four player multiplayer which is pretty notable. I kind of wish it was pixel art but the cartoony art style is pretty good overall and I enjoy the goblin main character quite a lot though the others aren't as notable. I wish the weapons were more varied and over the top and the reasons to play more were more clear, but it's not a bad choice to put some time into. Bounty of One Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 7.6 Similarity Score 88% Diagnosis: 1053/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.8/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.8/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.3/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0.6/1 Move Only 0.8/1 No Dash -1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming 1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty -1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 0.7/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 0.9/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 0/1 BIG Maps 0.1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 1/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 0.1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.8/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 1/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 0.7/1 Controls Check 0.7/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 1/1 Bounty of One Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 8.6 Final Review 89% Positive Steam Reviews 1778 Steam Reviews 8.0 Pure Vibes 8.8 Review Scale 357/400 Review Points Not Buggy 0.8/1 Not Janky 0.7/1 Good UI 0.8/1 Controller and Deck 0.8/1 Lots of Content 0.7/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 6.9 Converted 10 Point Score 2 Number of Critic Reviews User - User Review Average - Number of User Reviews Average 6.9 Direct Average 6.9 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Bounty of One Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags Browseritch.ioLinuxMacSteam DeckWindows PCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Arena ShooterAuto-ShooterEnemy HellRogue-liteSingle Stick ShooterSurvivors-likeTop Down or Isometric Aesthetic Tags 2DCartoon Setting / Story Tags FantasyWestern Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown20m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards Dev/Publisher OptizOnion Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/bounty-of-one Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#bounty-of-one Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 27 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1968730/bounty_of_one Steam Price: 6.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 08/18/2023 Full 09/09/2023 Developer: OptizOnion Publisher: OptizOnion Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms itch.io (prototype) Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: Co-Op Online: Co-Op (Remote Play) Player Count: 4 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 98 Steam Leaderboards: Yes Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: itch.io prototype DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: YouTube Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. Fallen hero of the Wild West, you're wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat! Bounty Of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell where mobility is key. Play solo or with your friends up to four players on the same screen or remotely with ‘Steam Play Together.’ Play with a keyboard or a gamepad." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Forest Fire Free Available Released A Little Different. A fucked up arcade rogue-lite about setting little pixel people and hosptials on fire. Feels esepcially fucked right now but it's just so cute! Maybe this is climate change activism? Interesting twist, not a bullet heaven and perhaps not a horde survival game, but very similar enemy hell with movement focus and how it plays. It's a pretty creative and satisfying arcade game and would have been a huge hit when I was a child in an actual arcade. If you like the dodging, it could be your zone out game. However, without real build depth I feel it's likely most people will enjoy it for a few hours and not a few dozen, unless they just find it comforting. Also feel my money was well spent though. Also feel a little dirty. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arcade Dodge Em Up Enemy Hell Roguelite Single Stick Shooter	7.8 Combined Ranking Score 28/72 Ranking Position 1366/1600 Total Points	8.8 Final Review 88% Steam 9.2 Scale 8.5 Vibes 53 Steam Reviews 365/400 Review Points	6.7 Similarity Score 83% Diagnosis: A Little Different 1001/1200 Comparison Points	89% Genre 6.2/8 genre	84% Simple Controls 4.7/7 move	90% Survival Modes 3.2/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	59% Buildcrafting Depth 0.9/5 build	81% Stage Features 4.4/7 stage	73% Content Breadth 4.1/9 stuff	91% Aesthetics 4.9/6 style	90% Gameplay Vibe Check 8/10 vibe vibe
Forest Fire Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 1.2 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/9/2023 Totally fucked up cute little game about burning tiny pixel people alive. Great twist on the movement only formula so far, where you start burnign things just by staying still for a second (though there is a special move button.) As you level up there are some skills that technically shoot, so we can call this movement focused game a single stick shooter if we want to. We're giving it a 0 for the No Movement Penalty column since you need to stop to light things on fire, which is basically a movement penalty in terms of gameplay. But it doesn't feel bad, since the main challenge of the game is moving! You don't collect XP on the ground (you get it by setting things on fire as they burn) so it gives you a reason to balance avoiding enemies with another objecitve (like moving towards xp in other survivors-likes) It feel Vampire Survivors influenced so I'm going to call it a survivors-like, but it doesn't really feel like wave survival just because of how it's aesthetically presented. You dodge a lot of clouds (that actually do have similar formations to many survivors-likes enemy formations) but you usually can't kill them. I think we can also call it a dodge em up. It's also certainly an "enemy hell" since there aren't really bullets, which is a term we don't use for tags but is defined in the key. It's cute as hell and actually does some kind of cool stuff in terms of pixel simulating the fire (not really necessary and it's no Noita, but it's fun!) The main mode is based on points, not time, but it's pretty similar in play so we give it a high partial score for timed survival. You get powerups through your run but they really are just power ups and don't interact with each other for builds or change the play style much. Primary healing is by starting fire.. on ground.. but there's also heals so "heal on ground" is a full point either way. It has the presentation of a game with a lot of unlocks, and I think it's there to keep you going if you really like the gameplay and want a reason to, but at the same time I don't think it actually has the build depth or variety in gameplay or build reasons to really chase the unlocks. It's more just like challenges with small rewards to keep you playing a generally enjoyable gameplay loop. It doesn't really feel cheap or like it's trying to trick you into seeing more depth that isn't there, but some people may be disappointed. I think it's enough to give it high scores in those categories though. The gameplay at the start is, I think for the most part, what you get, from what I've seen of anyone playing. Which is fine for an arcade game, but means you have to like it and not expect a ramp. I'm giving it high scores on the review, but honestly it's a little hard to review this because it's like if playing pacman made me feel like a war criminal. I think that's good? It's certainly unique. It's a fun little arcade game, but without the build depth I imagine most people will be happy with it but only play for a few hours and not a few hundred. Forest Fire Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 6.7 Similarity Score 83% Diagnosis: 1001/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) -0.8/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 1/1 Move Only 0.8/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming 1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty -0.1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 0.4/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.8/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 0.1/1 0.8/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 1/1 XP on Ground 0.4/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 0/1 Bosses / Elites 0.5/1 Many Interesting Characters 0.6/1 Many Challenges 0.1/1 Multiple Stages 0.8/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0.1/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 0/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 0.9/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 0.8/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.2/1 Fun Ramp 0.2/1 Low Price 0.9/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 0.9/1 Feels like VS 0.7/1 Forest Fire Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 8.8 Final Review 88% Positive Steam Reviews 53 Steam Reviews 8.5 Pure Vibes 9.2 Review Scale 365/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 0.9/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.5/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 0.8/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Forest Fire Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioLinuxMacSteam DeckWindows PCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories A Little DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags ArcadeDodge Em UpEnemy HellRogueliteSingle Stick Shooter Aesthetic Tags 2DCutePixel ArtUglycute Setting / Story Tags AbstractComedyContemporaryMeme Game Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown20m Features and Extras Steam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher Chute Apps Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/forest-fire Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#forest-fire Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 32 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2242220/forest_fire Steam Price: 5.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 1/10/2023 Full 5/3/2023 Developer: Chute Apps Publisher: Chute Apps Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 34 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: itch.io DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Be the Forest Fire and burn everything in sight! A Rogue-lite destruction-fest where every pixel is physically simulated. Burn trees, buildings, vehicles, and tiny screaming humans. Dodge bullet-hell rain clouds and pissed-off firefighters to stay alive... Only YOU can start Forest Fires." "Don't think you'll burn unopposed. Mother nature has sent in a bullet-hell array of rain clouds and other obstacles to put an end to your destruction fest. Your flame must weave through the storm to survive. Firefighting helicopters, planes, and little firemen will also be out to get you. The more you burn their buildings the more pissed off they get (and the more combo points you get!)" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Disfigure Free Available Released A survivors-like for horror fans, if you want to pull the trigger in the dark with a flashlight. And considering it's totally free (with an optional tip for the dev DLC) there's little reason not to try it. Especially if you came way from VS looking for more arcade games. Bare bones in some ways, but it gets you quickly into the next run eager to try a totally new build. Minimalist horror vibe is just right. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arcade Arena Shooter Bullet Heaven Enemy Hell Roguelite Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Twin Stick Shooter Wave Survival	7.8 Combined Ranking Score 29/72 Ranking Position 1352/1600 Total Points	9.4 Final Review 96% Steam 9.5 Scale 9.1 Vibes 1803 Steam Reviews 382/400 Review Points	6.2 Similarity Score 81% Diagnosis: Similar 970/1200 Comparison Points	93% Genre 6.8/8 genre	56% Simple Controls 0.9/7 move	99% Survival Modes 3.9/4 modes	88% Power Progression 3/4 level	98% Buildcrafting Depth 4.8/5 build	50% Stage Features 0/7 stage	62% Content Breadth 2.2/9 stuff	100% Aesthetics 6/6 style	99% Gameplay Vibe Check 9.8/10 vibe vibe
Disfigure Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 2.1 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/23/2023 Disfigure is a cool game with an obviously cool dev who put it up for optional donation. Perhaps it's humble due to the lack of surface breadth - characters, skill trees, bestiaries - but the gameplay is tight. Steam reviewers seem to agree. Sometimes you just want an arcade game! It's an arena shooter without exploration and slower and more tense than most survivors-likes. It's got a shadowy minimalist vibe and great shifty beats on the soundtrack. While it's got a trigger button, I found it totally fine to play with auto fire on - aiming, however, is not optional with the strategy of pointing your light. We're going to count the "switch flashlight" button as a special move button. Rogue-lite aspects are limited to weapon unlocks and not permanent incremental upgrades, so still around the same level of skill (and luck) required each run. Steam cloud would be nice. I'll be playing more of this one! More notes to come then! Disfigure Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 6.2 Similarity Score 81% Diagnosis: 970/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.4/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.8/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.6/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only -0.5/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 0.4/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming -1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.9/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0.8/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map -1/1 BIG Maps 0/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 0/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 0.7/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters -1/1 Many Challenges 0/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0.5/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 0.8/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 0.6/1 Disfigure Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.4 Final Review 96% Positive Steam Reviews 1803 Steam Reviews 9.1 Pure Vibes 9.5 Review Scale 382/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.5/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic - Converted 10 Point Score - Number of Critic Reviews User 9.0 User Review Average 1 Number of User Reviews Average 9.0 Direct Average 9.0 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Disfigure Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioSteam DeckWindows PCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags ArcadeArena ShooterBullet HeavenEnemy HellRogueliteSurvivors-likeTop Down or IsometricTwin Stick ShooterWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel ArtRetroScary Setting / Story Tags AbstractHorrorHorror Themed Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown20m Features and Extras Steam Achievements Dev/Publisher Cold Brew Entertainment Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/disfigure Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#disfigure Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 33 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2083160/disfigure Steam Price: 0 (USD) Release Date: 7/27/2023 Developer: Cold Brew Entertainment Publisher: Cold Brew Entertainment Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: Playable Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: No Steam Achievements: 23 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Totally Free DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Disfigure is a top-down shooter rogue-like in which you fight countless grotesque creatures shrouded in darkness. Choose from a variety of weapons and over a hundred upgrades to create unique builds each run and survive." "In an arena shrouded by darkness, pay keen attention to your surroundings where monsters could be lurking. Choose between circle and cone vision" "Choose from over 100 upgrades and 90 weapon perks" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Star Survivor EA Free Available A bit janky but ambitious deck building space ship equipping survivors-like, which also has a campaign mode. Metaprogression is available via both purchasable ships and unlockable and upgradeable cards. Has a boost mechanic relying on ship direction to create a high level of challenge - it may be too much to zen out to, but the great degree of customization and variety of game modes here may addict you. It's a little generic looking, starts slow, and some bugs and UI issues bring down the review score. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arena Shooter Auto-Shooter Bullet Heaven Deckbuilding Enemy Hell Horde Survival Rogue-lite Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Wave Survival	7.7 Combined Ranking Score 30/72 Ranking Position 1391/1600 Total Points	7.7 Final Review 74% Steam 7.4 Scale 8.3 Vibes 337 Steam Reviews 331/400 Review Points	7.7 Similarity Score 88% Diagnosis: Similar 1060/1200 Comparison Points	99% Genre 7.8/8 genre	68% Simple Controls 2.5/7 move	100% Survival Modes 4/4 modes	100% Power Progression 4/4 level	100% Buildcrafting Depth 5/5 build	83% Stage Features 4.6/7 stage	84% Content Breadth 6.2/9 stuff	71% Aesthetics 2.5/6 style	92% Gameplay Vibe Check 8.4/10 vibe vibe
Star Survivor Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 4.1 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/23/2023 Space auto-shooter with a deck building aspect. Meta progression includes using currency to unlock new cards. When you pick your level options, you then pick where to put the equipment on your ship, which adds a fun shipbuilding / tower defense feeling mechanic. There is a more Rogue-like campaign mode in addition to the more familiar challenge and endless modes using your unlocked cards, each with their own deck availabilities. The complexity is a big challenge in endless mode, since you don't just disable some items, you have to construct your deck. Once accidentally started with only one card and tried to stick it out - it gives you some single use events on level until you die. Aim is important because boost pushes you in the direction you are facing, but you can use thrusters to strafe, which can be very challenging. There's speed and zoom options which is cool. Counting "Astrochicken" spawn as ground health. Maps seem endless but mostly empty. I like a lot about this one! Graphics / vibe is a bit generic, but gameplay is challenging and build variety interesting. Most negative reviews seem to mention technical issues, which may hurt your experience. It could use more enemy variety and maybe interesting exploration on big maps, I would love that. I'm very excited to come back to this one as it evolves. Star Survivor Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 7.7 Similarity Score 88% Diagnosis: 1060/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.8/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only 0/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming -0.5/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 0.1/1 BIG Maps 0.5/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 0.3/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 0.9/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 0/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.5/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 0/1 Subtle Humor 0/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.8/1 Over the Top 0.8/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 0.8/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 1/1 Star Survivor Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 7.7 Final Review 74% Positive Steam Reviews 337 Steam Reviews 8.3 Pure Vibes 7.4 Review Scale 331/400 Review Points Not Buggy 0.5/1 Not Janky 0.5/1 Good UI 0.5/1 Controller and Deck 0.8/1 Lots of Content 0.8/1 Good Theme 0.8/1 Good Graphics and Sound 0.8/1 Fun Feel 0.8/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 0.9/1 Star Survivor Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags AndroidiOSitch.ioSteam DeckWindows PCEAFree Available Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Arena ShooterAuto-ShooterBullet HeavenDeckbuildingEnemy HellHorde SurvivalRogue-liteSurvivors-likeTop Down or IsometricWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 3D Setting / Story Tags Sci-fiShip (Air/Space)Space Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Branching PathsEndless Mode15m Features and Extras Steam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading Cards Dev/Publisher ErabitSpaceOwl Games Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/star-survivor Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#star-survivor Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 34 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2060750/star_survivor Steam Price: 4.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 3/2/2023 Developer: SpaceOwl Games Publisher: Erabit Fully Released? No Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: Playable Other Platforms Android iOS itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 26 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: Yes Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Yes DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Survive the swarm in this rogue-lite + survivors + asteroids mashup! Exterminate as many alien drones as you can. Upgrade your ship from the crafted deck of equipment and power-ups. You are the Last ship against the Endless... Will your choices be enough to overcome the thousands hunting you?" "Big call for those games I got inspirations from: Vampire Survivor, Brotato, SoulStone Survivors, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Rogue: Genesia, Spellbook Demonslayers, Void Scrappers, Boneraiser Minions, Nova Drift, Runic Survivor" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 15m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Brotato Released A must play for Newgrounds nostalgic arena shooter fans that also seems to alienate some hardcore Vampire Survivors fans. Featuring 1 handed play and on the surface very similar and often suggested, but missing many exploration features and subtle differences (like leveling at end of waves) might make it not hit the zen mark. Lots of people love this one but I admit I personally couldn't get into it. It was a little disappointing after the many recommendations. Great character ability twists and buildcrafting challenges if it clicks for you. Very popular for a reason! Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arena Shooter Auto-Shooter Brotato-style Bullet Heaven Content Rich Roguelite Single Stick Shooter Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric Wave Survival	7.6 Combined Ranking Score 32/72 Ranking Position 1365/1600 Total Points	8.1 Final Review 96% Steam 7.8 Scale 7.0 Vibes 48003 Steam Reviews 344/400 Review Points	7.0 Similarity Score 85% Diagnosis: Similar 1021/1200 Comparison Points	95% Genre 7.2/8 genre	99% Simple Controls 6.8/7 move	85% Survival Modes 2.8/4 modes	73% Power Progression 1.8/4 level	93% Buildcrafting Depth 4.3/5 build	68% Stage Features 2.5/7 stage	80% Content Breadth 5.4/9 stuff	69% Aesthetics 2.3/6 style	93% Gameplay Vibe Check 8.6/10 vibe vibe
Brotato Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 2.7 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/17/2023 Brotato is a common recommendation and many people love it. It does have pretty satisfying one handed gameplay (with optional aim I imagine most people don't use), but personally it doesn't hit the mark. I don't like how the waves are counted off and you level at the end of the round instead of when you get enough XP, nor that every one minute all the gems are swept up - it interrupts the flow for me and removes the gameplay element of trying to gather the drops. Every match is in the same small box instead of a vibe of exploring an interesting map with secrets. I also think the characters are ugly and the gun designs boring. But I can see how people sink a lot of time into it - it has many positive steam reviews. Probably it's popular in a big way because of the excellent variety in character builds and possible run combinations and the challenges created this way. Thread on steam to check back in on later: As fans, do you think brotato-style games are significantly different than survivors-likes?" Brotato Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 7.0 Similarity Score 85% Diagnosis: 1021/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.9/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.9/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.4/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 1/1 Move Only 1/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming 0.8/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.8/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 0/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 0.8/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 0.8/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0.5/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map -1/1 BIG Maps -1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0.7/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0.8/1 Enemy Variety 0.4/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 0.2/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.2/1 Bumpin Music 0.5/1 Fun Writing 0/1 Subtle Humor 0.4/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 0.5/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.9/1 Fun Ramp 0.8/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 0.8/1 Brotato Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 8.1 Final Review 96% Positive Steam Reviews 48003 Steam Reviews 7.0 Pure Vibes 7.8 Review Scale 344/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 0.8/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.8/1 Good Theme 0.4/1 Good Graphics and Sound 0.3/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 0.5/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 7.6 Converted 10 Point Score 4 Number of Critic Reviews User 8.2 User Review Average 14 Number of User Reviews Average 7.9 Direct Average 8.1 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Brotato Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags AndroidiOSitch.ioSteam DeckSwitchWindows PCReleased Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Arena ShooterAuto-ShooterBrotato-styleBullet HeavenContent RichRogueliteSingle Stick ShooterSurvivors-likeTop Down or IsometricWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DBrowser GameCartoonLofiUglycute Setting / Story Tags ComedyFlying Saucer AliensMeme GameSci-fi Control Styles ControllerController 1 HandedController Move OnlyKeyboard 1 HandedKeyboard OnlyMouse Only Game Mode Tags Advance on Round EndShort RoundsVacuum Collectables at Round End20m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Workshop Dev/Publisher Blobfish Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/brotato Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#brotato Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 36 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1942280/brotato Steam Price: 4.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 9/27/2022 Full 6/23/2023 Developer: Blobfish Publisher: Blobfish Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms Switch iOs Android itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Subreddit Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 83 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: Yes Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Legacy Demo on itch.io DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: YouTube Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives." "Auto-firing weapons by default with a manual aiming option" "Hundreds of items and weapons to choose from" "Accessibility options: tweak the health, damage and speed of enemies so the difficulty is right for you" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Heretic's Fork DLC Free Available Released Pretty Different. A great pick if you never want to move and want a game to play without having to stare at the screen. Excellent music. Recently released deckbuilding tower defense rogue-lite which ditches the movement mechanics and adds on drawing new "cards" on level up instead of an RPG style or item collecting system. So far feels like a really enjoyable throwback to old browser or freeware games - which it seems to acknowledge with the menu user interface - and has impeccable style. Seems like more content will be added, which is good, could use more card interactions and weird stuff. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Battler Bullet Heaven Deckbuilding Roguelite Survivors-like Tower Defense Turn Based Hybrid	7.5 Combined Ranking Score 34/72 Ranking Position 1343/1600 Total Points	8.6 Final Review 84% Steam 8.2 Scale 9.3 Vibes 1070 Steam Reviews 359/400 Review Points	6.4 Similarity Score 82% Diagnosis: Pretty Different 984/1200 Comparison Points	84% Genre 5.5/8 genre	75% Simple Controls 3.5/7 move	98% Survival Modes 3.8/4 modes	99% Power Progression 3.9/4 level	90% Buildcrafting Depth 4/5 build	44% Stage Features -0.9/7 stage	76% Content Breadth 4.7/9 stuff	100% Aesthetics 6/6 style	92% Gameplay Vibe Check 8.3/10 vibe vibe
Heretic's Fork Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 8.5 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/4/2023 This is a cool one and feels like it could easily have existed if Vampire Survivors never did. Excellent music. While it's an endless horde survival game, it's also a classic tower defense game. Just one big tower in the middle, troops or weapons arrayed around it, and endless waves of baddies. It is just as much a deckbuilder as a survivors-like so it's probably also Slay the Spire inspired. So far this is a favorite of mine on the steam deck and to have up while I'm doing other stuff since it can be essentially turn based. You move through "stages" in the main mode but it doesn't really feel like multiple stages in the classic sense and feels a bit more like a timed survival mode so we give partial points there. You can improve your weapons but I'm not sure evolve them. There are "torment" modes but not complex difficulty modifiers for challenges, I think. I have some quibbles. Not a ton of content, build diversity or enemy variety encountered yet, but I'm not as far in as I'd like to be. Works on steam deck (if hard to read) but not controller, really it just makes you use the controller as a mouse. Does include aimed special moves if you decide to use them in your build. Hard to read on steam deck and TV. Would like to be able to see what I have equipped while adding cards to deck (damage type etc). Can't read locked cards on steam deck since they don’t get bigger. Thanks to that, I would also like an undo button while I'm in my turn haha. There's a lot to unlock and dig into so I sent some questions to the dev/community and will revise scores when I know more. And I'll be playing a lot more later too. The soundtrack alone makes me want to have the game on and I have to remind myself to not just hang out listening to it. Heretic's Fork Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 6.4 Similarity Score 82% Diagnosis: 984/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 1/1 Real Time 0.5/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar -1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only 0/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming 0.5/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 0.8/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 0.9/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 0.7/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0.3/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map -1/1 BIG Maps -1/1 XP on Ground 0.1/1 Health on Ground 0/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 0.4/1 Bosses / Elites 0/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 0.5/1 Multiple Stages 0.5/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0.3/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.5/1 Over the Top 0.7/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 0.8/1 Technical Check 0.8/1 Controls Check 0.5/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 0.6/1 Heretic's Fork Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 8.6 Final Review 84% Positive Steam Reviews 1070 Steam Reviews 9.3 Pure Vibes 8.2 Review Scale 359/400 Review Points Not Buggy 0.9/1 Not Janky 0.7/1 Good UI 0.5/1 Controller and Deck 0.4/1 Lots of Content 0.7/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 7.3 Converted 10 Point Score 3 Number of Critic Reviews User - User Review Average - Number of User Reviews Average 7.3 Direct Average 7.3 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Heretic's Fork Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioSteam DeckWindows PCDLCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories Pretty DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-BattlerBullet HeavenDeckbuildingRogueliteSurvivors-likeTower DefenseTurn Based Hybrid Aesthetic Tags 2DArtyBrowser GameLofiMetalPixel ArtRetro Setting / Story Tags ComedyHorror ThemedUnderworld Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Currency MetaprogressionDeck ConstructionDeckbuildingGoal Based AdvancementNo MovingRoulette AdvancementSingle Tower45m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher 9FingerGamesRavenage Games Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/heretics-fork Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#heretics-fork Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 38 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2181610/heretics_fork Steam Price: 9.99 (USD) Release Date: 9/13/2023 Developer: 9FingerGames Publisher: Ravenage Games Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: Playable Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 28 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: itch.io Prototype DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Steam YouTube Bandcamp Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 45m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Dead Cells DLC Released Very Different. Metroidvania Sidescroller Rouge-lite with Souls inspired combat, it shares some elements with other Rogue-lites. Perhaps you want to jump and slash and don't like currency based meta power creep, preferring to develop your skills and find in-game discoveries to progress. Very Hard! Want it to feel more like Vampire Survivors? Get the Castlevania crossover DLC. That kind of makes it worth including. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Content Rich Dungeon Crawler Hack and Slash Metroidvania Roguelite Roguevania Sidescroller	6.8 Combined Ranking Score 45/72 Ranking Position 1223/1600 Total Points	9.6 Final Review 97% Steam 10.0 Scale 9.1 Vibes 119571 Steam Reviews 388/400 Review Points	3.9 Similarity Score 70% Diagnosis: Very Different 835/1200 Comparison Points	66% Genre 2.6/8 genre	11% Simple Controls -5.5/7 move	26% Survival Modes -1.9/4 modes	50% Power Progression 0/4 level	71% Buildcrafting Depth 2.1/5 build	93% Stage Features 6/7 stage	96% Content Breadth 8.2/9 stuff	100% Aesthetics 6/6 style	85% Gameplay Vibe Check 6.9/10 vibe vibe
Dead Cells Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 8.0 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/23/2023 Played a fair amount on Switch as well. Very skill based sidescrolling Rogue-lite. Deep combat system inspired by Dark Souls but with a lot of mechanics of its own. It's another great game I'm not very good at. You may love the One More Run pull of it, but if you aren't good at jumping and juggling a lot of buttons, it won't be able to draw you past that. Gameplay wise it feels very different, but it shares some genre conventions with Vampire Survivors. Many buttons to keep track of and high challenge from smaller amounts of enemies. Currency drops during runs to be used during runs, there's only goal/find based meta-unlocks (and stuff passed to your next run.) This was be an interesting one to rate. I was inspired to pull it onto this sheet by the Castlevania DLC which not only includes some characters and weapons but a whole fucking castle and soundtrack, so it does have some neo-castlevania vibes which obviously also heavily influenced VS. A lot of people say it's their "favorite game like vampire survivors" in reddit threads from a while ago, and at that time they just meant.. an action game with meta progression. Dead Cells Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 3.9 Similarity Score 70% Diagnosis: 835/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle -1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric -1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 0.9/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.7/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) -1/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash -1/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move -1/1 No Aiming 0/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty -0.5/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival -1/1 Endless Mode -1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.1/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event -1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 0/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 0.4/1 0.7/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 1/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 0/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 0.2/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 1/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.2/1 Over the Top 0.3/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.6/1 Fun Ramp 0.8/1 Low Price 0/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS 0.1/1 Dead Cells Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.6 Final Review 97% Positive Steam Reviews 119571 Steam Reviews 9.1 Pure Vibes 10.0 Review Scale 388/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 8.9 Converted 10 Point Score 35 Number of Critic Reviews User 8.2 User Review Average 742 Number of User Reviews Average 8.6 Direct Average 8.2 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Dead Cells Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags AndroidEpiciOSitch.ioLinuxMacPS4PS5Steam DeckSwitchWindows PCXboxDLCReleased Sorting Categories Very DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Content RichDungeon CrawlerHack and SlashMetroidvaniaRogueliteRoguevaniaSidescroller Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel Art Setting / Story Tags DungeonsFantasy Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Find Based Metaprogression30m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop Dev/Publisher Motion Twin Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/dead-cells Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#dead-cells Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 49 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/588650/dead_cells Steam Price: 24.99 (USD) Release Date: 8/6/2018 Developer: Motion Twin Publisher: Motion Twin Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms PS4/5 Xbox Switch iOS Android itch.io Epic Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: Yes Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: Yes Steam Trading Cards: Yes Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: No DLC Available: Yes Soundtrack Available: Steam YouTube Bandcamp Spotify Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you're able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat. Regular free content updates!" "RogueVania: The progressive exploration of an interconnected world, with the replayability of a rogue-lite and the adrenaline pumping threat of permadeath." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 30m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Loop Hero Free Available Released Extremely Different. It's hard to have a better pick if you want a rogue-lite auto-battler with really unique map-building non-direct control of the main character. But chances are you didn't know you were looking for that. Included to test the scale but also because it's a great game that might scratch your itch if it's about exploring a new system with great progression and interesting synergies, along with tense action that's not reflex based even if it doesn't have stick movement focus. It's above 5.0 so it might be recommended to appeal to VS fans, but only with major disclaimers about differences. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Battler Content Rich Deckbuilding Roguelite Story Rich Strategy	6.3 Combined Ranking Score 49/72 Ranking Position 1168/1600 Total Points	9.6 Final Review 93% Steam 9.4 Scale 10.0 Vibes 29569 Steam Reviews 387/400 Review Points	3.0 Similarity Score 65% Diagnosis: Extremely Different 781/1200 Comparison Points	59% Genre 1.5/8 genre	21% Simple Controls -4/7 move	44% Survival Modes -0.5/4 modes	65% Power Progression 1.2/4 level	73% Buildcrafting Depth 2.3/5 build	31% Stage Features -2.6/7 stage	91% Content Breadth 7.3/9 stuff	100% Aesthetics 6/6 style	95% Gameplay Vibe Check 8.9/10 vibe vibe
Loop Hero Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 80.0 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/17/2023 A map-making rogue-lite auto battler. You have a character that goes around a loop fighting enemies during your run, but you can only help him by placing map parts and changing gear - no direct control. There's so much to talk about with this one, but it's pretty different from most of the games on our scale. What it shares is really satisfying metaprogression and some autobattle elements. Put in about 44.6 hours on Steam and then another 40+ hours on Switch when it released there. Amazing game, totally unique, interesting to compare to VS in terms of mechanics. The game is a strategy game played in menus and by putting down tiles, but we'll call the real time use of a click button a 'trigger' press. One of the best games ever imho, but it's pretty different so no need to really discuss in detail here. Loop Hero Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 3.0 Similarity Score 65% Diagnosis: 781/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.8/1 Real Time 0.6/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar -0.7/1 Arcade Style 0.8/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) -1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) -1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming -1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty -1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 0/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves -1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) -0.5/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 0.2/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) -1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 1/1 0.2/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0.1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 0.2/1 BIG Maps 0.2/1 XP on Ground -1/1 Health on Ground -1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground -1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 0.6/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 0.7/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0/1 Bestiary / Lore 1/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 1/1 Over the Top 0.4/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 1/1 Fun Ramp 1/1 Low Price 0.5/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS -1/1 Loop Hero Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.6 Final Review 93% Positive Steam Reviews 29569 Steam Reviews 10.0 Pure Vibes 9.4 Review Scale 387/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 0.4/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 8.2 Converted 10 Point Score 63 Number of Critic Reviews User 7.9 User Review Average 194 Number of User Reviews Average 8.1 Direct Average 8.0 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Loop Hero Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags EpicGOGitch.ioLinuxMacSteam DeckSwitchWindows PCXboxFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories Extremely DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-BattlerContent RichDeckbuildingRogueliteStory RichStrategy Aesthetic Tags 2DArtyPixel Art Setting / Story Tags Alternate RealityApocalypseFantasyTime Loop Control Styles ControllerMouse Only Game Mode Tags Boss ModeDifficulty ModifiersEndless ModeHub ZoneSpeed UpWave Survival30m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading Cards Dev/Publisher Devolver DigitalFour Quarters Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/loop-hero Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#loop-hero Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 53 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1282730/loop_hero Steam Price: 14.99 (USD) Release Date: Public Alpha 12/2019 Full 3/4/2021 Developer: Four Quarters Publisher: Devolver Digital Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? No Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Playable Other Platforms Switch Xbox Epic GOG itch.io (alpha) Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 50 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: Yes Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Alpha on itch.io DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Steam YouTube GOG Devolver Digital (LP) Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero." "Infinite Adventure: Select from unlockable character classes and deck cards before setting out on each expedition along a randomly generated loop path." "Strategically place building, terrain, and enemy cards along each loop." More info and fan reviews on steam Game Modes - + Endless Survival / Boss Challenge "Chapter" Difficulty Modifiers and Rewards Game Mode Notes There is only one run type, with metaprogression between runs. There are four "chapters", each with a specific difficulty change, rewards and bosses. Until you beat the earlier chapters, the bosses for later ones will not show up in your run. The first three chapters each have one boss and the 4 requires beating them all. You can select earlier chapters to play again. You can pick what tiles are available to you in the next run. Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 30m Run Time Notes Each run finds the player starting with a blank map and loop of road, which they then place map pieces around as a timer counts towards a boss event. Early runs are guaranteed to be ended by the first boss, and players eventually work towards "endless" runs. There's no time based goal to complete, you simply decide to head back to camp or risk losing the run. The goal is to survive while gathering as much as possible before dying. Average run time is probably more accurately 10m - 60m, but it also depends on the player selected speed / pause usage. Speed Settings The game can be paused or sped up by player toggle. While paused, the player can still manipulate the game field and inventory, then unpause or move to high speed to see how it plays out.
	[edit] Ecstatic Released Very Different. This little arcade style arena wave shooter has excellent style, with a wriggly spider protagonist and some fresh feeling mechanics. The pointer to target and click to move control scheme works best for me on steam deck. There's no metaprogression and it's more bullet hell than bullet heaven, really. I'm not sure it's really very related to Vampire Survivors and probably won't get as long play times out of people, but I'm glad I tried it in the Steam Bullet Heaven Fest. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arcade Arena Shooter Bullet Hell Wave Survival	5.4 Combined Ranking Score 57/72 Ranking Position 1056/1600 Total Points	9.6 Final Review 100% Steam 9.4 Scale 9.5 Vibes 11 Steam Reviews 389/400 Review Points	1.1 Similarity Score 56% Diagnosis: Very Different 667/1200 Comparison Points	59% Genre 1.5/8 genre	36% Simple Controls -2/7 move	71% Survival Modes 1.7/4 modes	13% Power Progression -3/4 level	47% Buildcrafting Depth -0.3/5 build	36% Stage Features -2/7 stage	59% Content Breadth 1.6/9 stuff	88% Aesthetics 4.5/6 style	81% Gameplay Vibe Check 6.2/10 vibe vibe
Ecstatic Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 3.0 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/15/2023 Ecstatic is more of an oldschool arena shooter which had previously come up in my recommendations since I've been getting so many bite sized top down retro style shooters. It's not a survivors-like, with no meta progression, no giant hordes, and no buildcrafting alternate paths or bullet heaven power fantasy. Just one weapon and character. But it is a pretty great little arcade style shooter, I think. Fairly simple in design, but it doesn't pretend to be a huge game and I'm satisfied to have tried it since it was in the Steam Bullet Heaven Fest. I think originally designed as a browser game, the controller support (which isn't officially listed) basically just emulates a mouse and was pretty hard to play with. (Dev confirmed: "The "controller support" is actually just Steam emulating mouse inputs, as the game was indeed designed and developed to be played with the mouse") Playing on Steam Deck, it works quite well with the trackpad as you kind of click to move your little spider around the grid-like arena and hover your target over enemies then click to send missiles their way. One hit will kill you (giving this a -1 on "health on ground") so it feels very much like a bullet hell at first even with the relatively small enemy and projectile count, but a "freeze" mechanic that slows everything down unless you move drastically increases survivability. Power ups are in the classic arcade style, a limited number of them available and a few levels possible in each. It's unlikely you'll be able to get them all in a play, so in that way there are some build choices. You can target the powerups to change them to a different type, helpful when figuring out your play style. It took me a bit to truly adapt to the lock on and then fire mechanic for the missles, I admit. I imagine it's more obvious as a mouse game. Aesthetically excellent, from the pixel spider's independently moving legs to the classic arcade beats and synth voice announcing powerups (another thing I love from games like Super Stardust HD). It's actually priced a tiny bit higher than on average for these games, but before this latest wave most arcade style shooters were around this price range or more (and there were a lot fewer options.) I'm happy with the experience for the price, though I'm not sure I'll really put a ton of hours in. I like these games, but I reach my limit of ability in them at times. It may not be about winning an arcade game, though, I guess, just playing. Ecstatic Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 1.1 Similarity Score 56% Diagnosis: 667/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite -1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle -1/1 Real Time 0.9/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.6/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) -1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming -1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty -1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode -0.5/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.2/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event -1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 0/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks -1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks -1/1 Build Crafting 0.2/1 0/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible -0.5/1 Explorable Map -1/1 BIG Maps -1/1 XP on Ground 0/1 Health on Ground -1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 0.1/1 Bosses / Elites 0.5/1 Many Interesting Characters 0/1 Many Challenges 0/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 0/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 0.5/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.4/1 Over the Top 0.5/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0/1 Fun Ramp 0/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 0.8/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS -1/1 Ecstatic Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.6 Final Review 100% Positive Steam Reviews 11 Steam Reviews 9.5 Pure Vibes 9.4 Review Scale 389/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 0.9/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 0.5/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Ecstatic Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioWindows PCReleased Sorting Categories Very DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags ArcadeArena ShooterBullet HellWave Survival Aesthetic Tags 2DArtyLofiPixel ArtRaveRetroVivid Setting / Story Tags AbstractInsects Control Styles ControllerMouse Only Game Mode Tags Unknown5m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher PUNKCAKE Delicieux Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/ecstatic Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#ecstatic Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 61 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2330300/ecstatic Steam Price: 5.99 (USD) Release Date: 9/21/2023 Developer: PUNKCAKE Delicieux Publisher: PUNKCAKE Delicieux Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: No Steam Deck: No Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 8 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: No DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Bandcamp Apple Spotify Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Rave spider goes to the bullet-hell ball: shoot rockets out of your butt, dodge and destroy waves upon waves of drones, slow down time whenever you don't move." "Control a disposable spider mech that shoots rockets out of its butt and decimate waves upon waves of drones synced to rave music, while also slowing down time whenever you stop moving. Pick up power-ups strategically and weave your way around enemies to make it to the end of the track!" "The game features 4 different difficulties, a slew of challenges, and includes a level editor that lets you use your own music tracks!" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 5m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Jetboard Joust Released Very Different. A sidescrolling shmup with some rogue-lite elements it probably will appeal much more to people looking for a Joust and Defender inspired game instead of a survivors-like. It's got a bit of a dungeon crawl choose-your-path structure to it and item find and between level upgrades to create your build. Still, with very action focused controls it remains more of an action arcade game than any sort of auto-battler buildcrafter. Ranked for comparison since it was in the Steam Bullet Heaven Fest sale. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Arcade Dungeon Crawler Shoot 'Em Up Sidescrolling Shmup	5.2 Combined Ranking Score 58/72 Ranking Position 1088/1600 Total Points	8.0 Final Review 81% Steam 8.5 Scale 7.5 Vibes 44 Steam Reviews 341/400 Review Points	2.5 Similarity Score 62% Diagnosis: Very Different 747/1200 Comparison Points	66% Genre 2.6/8 genre	19% Simple Controls -4.4/7 move	26% Survival Modes -1.9/4 modes	55% Power Progression 0.4/4 level	60% Buildcrafting Depth 1/5 build	80% Stage Features 4.2/7 stage	72% Content Breadth 4/9 stuff	84% Aesthetics 4.1/6 style	79% Gameplay Vibe Check 5.7/10 vibe vibe
Jetboard Joust Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 2.0 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/4/23 Side scrolling shmup. Tons of particular features that I'm going to make notes on for the scoring. Levels wrap from side to side and it has a theme of saving little guys, making it feel a fair amount like Resogun (though you don't seem to beam them up, just protect them.) In fact it's a little bit like Defender/Resogun and the classic game Joust had a baby. It's level based not a survivor game, but it does have some small organic waves within levels. When you beat a stage you are able to upgrade. We're not calling this meta progression since you have a save slot for this process. You can also sell your items, we're calling this feature an in-run vendor. You select your route so we consider that a bit like a dungeon crawl, genre wise. It's got kind of Enter the Gungeon feeling exploration for weapon and item find for your builds. You can retrieve your cash in the next play, so calling that a partial score for currency based unlocks I guess. Heavy on the action controls, with no real automation. Fairly distinct Joust style kind of movement mechanics ("hover") is hard to represent but we're putting a partial ding in "on fire movement penalty" to try and explain it. You collect points dropped by enemies which feels a bit like the XP crystals in Vampire Survivors. Switching weapon is a "special move" button, partial points in "no aiming" since it's not a twin stick or a game with a reticule but requires careful lining up with the movement mechanic and charged weapons. It has a lot of rogue-inspired mechanics but allows you to pick up where you left off and other stuff, we're giving it a low partial score. No damage numbers but scoring pop ups feel very similar so it gets a half score for the aesthetics. Personally I find the game less fun, but if you're a big retro Joust fan this might be the rogue-inspired game you're looking for. Jetboard Joust Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 2.5 Similarity Score 62% Diagnosis: 747/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 0.4/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle -1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 0/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.2/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) -1/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash -1/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move -1/1 No Aiming 0.1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 0.5/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival -1/1 Endless Mode -1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0.1/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event -1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 0.4/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 0.5/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 0.5/1 Build Crafting 0.3/1 0.2/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0.5/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0/1 Explorable Map 0.5/1 BIG Maps 0/1 XP on Ground 0.8/1 Health on Ground 0.8/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0.8/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0.5/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0.8/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 0/1 Many Challenges 0/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 0.5/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 0.2/1 Fun Writing 0.4/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.2/1 Over the Top 0.8/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 0.1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.2/1 Fun Ramp 0.4/1 Low Price 0.4/1 Technical Check 0.8/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 0.8/1 Feels like VS 0/1 Jetboard Joust Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 8.0 Final Review 81% Positive Steam Reviews 44 Steam Reviews 7.5 Pure Vibes 8.5 Review Scale 341/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 0.9/1 Good UI 0.8/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 0.8/1 Good Graphics and Sound 0.8/1 Fun Feel 0.8/1 Unique Twists 0.7/1 Vibe Check 0.7/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 7.5 Converted 10 Point Score 3 Number of Critic Reviews User - User Review Average - Number of User Reviews Average 7.5 Direct Average 7.5 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Jetboard Joust Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags EpicGOGitch.ioLinuxMacPS5Steam DeckSwitchWindows PCXboxReleased Sorting Categories Very DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags ArcadeDungeon CrawlerShoot 'Em UpSidescrolling Shmup Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel ArtRetro Setting / Story Tags Flying Saucer AliensSci-fi Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown240m Features and Extras Steam AchievementsSteam Leaderboards Dev/Publisher BitBull LtdFreedom Games Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/jetboard-joust Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#jetboard-joust Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 62 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1181600/jetboard_joust Steam Price: 9.99 (USD) Release Date: 10/23/2020 Developer: BitBull Ltd Publisher: Freedom Games Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? No Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms Switch PS5 Xbox Epic GOG itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: No Steam Achievements: 100 Steam Leaderboards: Yes Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: No DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. A sequel to a ZX Spectrum game the developer made as a teen 30 years ago which in turn was inspired by Joust. "Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade.." "Choose your own path through a multitude of battlegrounds across the surface of five different planets. Discover hidden treasure, upgrades and awesome new weapons. Adapt your route based on your playstyle, the weapons you unlock and the treasure you discover." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 240m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Peglin EA Free Available Very Different. Perhaps you want an entirely different turn based Peggle-type puzzle game that somehow gets recommended to VS fans. Not saying it's a terrible recommendation if you like runs and upgrades and complex games that appeal to casual players. It's absolutely a rogue-lite and a cute game. But in many ways it is extremely different - Included to test the scale. Very different but good games might get around a 5.0. Anything under 5.0 could be thought of as "less recommended" to fans of Vampire Survivors. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Pachinko Peggle-like Puzzle Roguelite	5.2 Combined Ranking Score 59/72 Ranking Position 1079/1600 Total Points	8.3 Final Review 81% Steam 8.9 Scale 8.0 Vibes 8901 Steam Reviews 350/400 Review Points	2.2 Similarity Score 61% Diagnosis: Very Different 729/1200 Comparison Points	38% Genre -2/8 genre	46% Simple Controls -0.5/7 move	25% Survival Modes -2/4 modes	73% Power Progression 1.8/4 level	71% Buildcrafting Depth 2.1/5 build	43% Stage Features -1/7 stage	79% Content Breadth 5.2/9 stuff	94% Aesthetics 5.3/6 style	78% Gameplay Vibe Check 5.5/10 vibe vibe
Peglin Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 2.1 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/14/2023 Included here to test/show the scale, since it's been recommended a few times in public threads about VS-likes for some reason. This is a rogue-lite with some unlockable meta advancement, but it's also a turn-based peggle-like puzzle game. Nice little game I suppose but the scale allows for -1 to 1 in order to make room for strongly different features to this extent. Like a few other games on this list I feel it's mostly mentioned to people on sites like reddit since it's also a rogue-lite. It doesn't have much mechanically in common with most games on this list. Cool though. I think if I hadn't mainlined Peggle for several months in 2007 I would be more interested in learning the mechanics. As it is it's hard to play without the Peggle victory music. If someone mods that in, let me know. Peglin Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 2.2 Similarity Score 61% Diagnosis: 729/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle -1/1 Real Time -0.8/1 Top Down or Isometric -1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 0/1 Arcade Style 0.3/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) -0.5/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0/1 Move Only 0/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move 0/1 No Aiming -1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 0.5/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival -1/1 Endless Mode -1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 0/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 0.8/1 Build Crafting 0.6/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0.5/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0/1 Explorable Map -1/1 BIG Maps -1/1 XP on Ground 0/1 Health on Ground 0/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 0.2/1 Many Challenges 0.5/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0.5/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.8/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 0.5/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0/1 Over the Top 0/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.5/1 Fun Ramp 0.7/1 Low Price 0/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 0.8/1 Feels like VS -1/1 Peglin Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 8.3 Final Review 81% Positive Steam Reviews 8901 Steam Reviews 8.0 Pure Vibes 8.9 Review Scale 350/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 1/1 Good UI 1/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content 0.8/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 0.8/1 Fun Feel 0.8/1 Unique Twists 0.5/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Peglin Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags AndroidGOGiOSitch.ioMacSteam DeckWindows PCEAFree Available Sorting Categories Very DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags PachinkoPeggle-likePuzzleRoguelite Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel Art Setting / Story Tags Fantasy Control Styles ControllerController 1 HandedMouse Only Game Mode Tags Unknown50m Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading Cards Dev/Publisher IndieArkRed Nexus Games Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/peglin Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#peglin Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 63 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1296610/peglin Steam Price: 19.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 4/25/2022 Developer: Red Nexus Games Publisher: IndieArk Fully Released? No Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: No Steam Deck: Verified Other Platforms iOS Android GOG itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 28 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: Yes Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Yes DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Steam Bandcamp YouTube Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 50m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Dwarf Fortress Free Available Released Extremely Different. A titan of gaming history and a personal recommendation to anyone on the planet, but while it is influenced by Rogue and has some surface traits in common it's So different that attempting to score it on these named categories is very hard. A long form rogue-Like where you manage many many characters. An interesting one, Included to test the scale. You may find some similar aspects of this game appealing, though! Don't mind my 378 play hours, that was all just one run so I haven't really seen much of the game. Note: We're scaling the base management mode, not the single character control Adventure. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Basebuilding Colony Sim Content Rich Real Time With Pause Roguelike Story Rich Survival	5.0 Combined Ranking Score 61/72 Ranking Position 1015/1600 Total Points	9.6 Final Review 95% Steam 9.3 Scale 10.0 Vibes 19980 Steam Reviews 388/400 Review Points	0.5 Similarity Score 52% Diagnosis: Extremely Different 627/1200 Comparison Points	38% Genre -1.9/8 genre	14% Simple Controls -5/7 move	53% Survival Modes 0.2/4 modes	5% Power Progression -3.6/4 level	10% Buildcrafting Depth -4/5 build	86% Stage Features 5/7 stage	81% Content Breadth 5.5/9 stuff	92% Aesthetics 5/6 style	68% Gameplay Vibe Check 3.5/10 vibe vibe
Dwarf Fortress Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 378.8 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/23/2023 Now with a graphics inclusive version on Steam, Dwarf Fortress is inspired by classical Rogue-likes, but your permadeath possible "run" is managing a fortress with many characters instead of just one. Over the years the game has gained a lot of features that bring it more close to contemporary games than Rogue itself. The extreme differences in genre and control and mechanics makes it very hard to rate on our scale (which is designed to tease out subtle differences in very similar games) but it's interesting to test the scale. It is, after all, technically an "endless wave survival" game. Mostly real time, but with a lot of optional pauses. For the movement section, we're counting all the various controls (there are many) for categories like "special moves" but there's no reflex "dodge", etc. DF doesn't have any victory conditions or set challenges, a huge difference. Nor does it let you chose how to level your characters, they progress themselves. Eventually, there are big hordes of enemy invaders, usually. Worth noting the "Adventure" mode not reviewed here has both more in common with original Rogue and modern Rogue-lites. This is an amazing game, but again we're mostly including it here to show how the scale is used and can be used for just about anything. There's more about it in the scoring guide, like many of the ones included to test and then demonstrate the scale. And I guess it's here because I can't resist a chance to talk about Dwarf Fortress. Dwarf Fortress Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 0.5 Similarity Score 52% Diagnosis: 627/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 0.3/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 0.2/1 Real Time 0.5/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar -1/1 Arcade Style -0.9/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) -1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) -1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) -1/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move -1/1 No Aiming -1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 0/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival -1/1 Endless Mode 1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.2/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event -1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) -1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks -0.8/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks -0.8/1 Build Crafting -1/1 0/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" -1/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy -1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible -1/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 1/1 XP on Ground 0.5/1 Health on Ground 0/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0.5/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges -1/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 1/1 Achievements 0/1 Secrets 0.5/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 0/1 Lofi Charm 1/1 Bumpin Music 1/1 Fun Writing 1/1 Subtle Humor 1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.5/1 Over the Top 0/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs -1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0/1 Fun Ramp 0/1 Low Price 0/1 Technical Check 1/1 Controls Check 1/1 Fun Check 1/1 Feels like VS -1/1 Dwarf Fortress Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 9.6 Final Review 95% Positive Steam Reviews 19980 Steam Reviews 10.0 Pure Vibes 9.3 Review Scale 388/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 0.9/1 Good UI 0.9/1 Controller and Deck 0.5/1 Lots of Content 1/1 Good Theme 1/1 Good Graphics and Sound 1/1 Fun Feel 1/1 Unique Twists 1/1 Vibe Check 1/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 9.3 Converted 10 Point Score 12 Number of Critic Reviews User 8.5 User Review Average 242 Number of User Reviews Average 8.9 Direct Average 8.5 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Dwarf Fortress Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags Directitch.ioLinuxSteam DeckWindows PCFree AvailableReleased Sorting Categories Extremely DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags BasebuildingColony SimContent RichReal Time With PauseRoguelikeStory RichSurvival Aesthetic Tags 2DAsciiLofiPixel Art Setting / Story Tags DungeonsFantasy Control Styles Keyboard OnlyMouse Only Game Mode Tags Custom Mode/ScenarioEndless ModeSandboxSurvival CraftTraditional RoguelikeWave Survival∞ Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam Workshop Dev/Publisher Bay 12 GamesKitfox Games Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/dwarf-fortress Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#dwarf-fortress Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 65 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/975370/dwarf_fortress Steam Price: 24.99 (USD) Release Date: Freeware 8/8/2006 Steam 12/6/2022 Developer: Bay 12 Games Publisher: Kitfox Games Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: No Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Playable (barely) Other Platforms Direct itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: No Steam Features Steam Cloud: No Steam Achievements: Planned Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: Yes Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Yes DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: Steam Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Soundcloud Amazon Apple Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created. The legendary Dwarf Fortress is now on Steam. Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world." "In this complex construction/management/roguelike simulation, every generated world brings a unique challenge, whether it’s dwarves with their own simulated personalities or aquifers." "One of the first video games acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York" "The original inspiration for RimWorld, Prison Architect, Minecraft and more." More info and fan reviews on steam Control Style Notes - + Game is presented as a top down management sim, similar to later games like Rimworld, and not with direct control of a player avatar. Classic DF was entirely keyboard based, but the steam version has mouse support baked in. Experienced players know many hotkeys and ways to navigate many menus quickly. It's now possible to mostly play with mouse for long periods, or just use keyboard to move the camera around. Automated Features To a great degree in DF the action is carried out by orders issued to your population, which sometimes they treat more like suggestions. You can tell them to attack an enemy, but it might be more common to tell them to patrol an area, and so on. There's no way to directly attack an enemy or manipulate anything, you can only give orders and set the priority for them. Supported Controls Controller: No Controller Move Only: No Controller One Handed: No Mouse Only: Yes Keyboard Only: Yes Keyboard One Handed: No Game Modes - + Endless Survival Custom Scenario Sandbox Survival Craft ("Fortress Mode") Traditional Roguelike ("Adventure Mode") Game Mode Notes The primary mode is a roguelike colony sim, with a great deal of procedural generation for your world and maps. There is no win condition, you simply want to build a civilization and survive as long as possible. Default settings will throw increasingly dire waves of invaders and dangerous monsters at you, as well as many emergent challenges. There is an absolutely incredible amount of customization available before generating a world and starting a scenario, customization many times still available in the menus even after you've embarked and started your perhaps hundreds of hours in your "run." It's possible to play completely peacefully, but there will always be risks to your population. Further customization is available with mods and dfhack. Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: ∞ Run Time Notes You can manage a single fortress essentially "forever", except likely at some point your computer and the game won't be able to handle the size and complexity of your save file and current concurrent interactions. Once it dies, you can start another fort in the same world or an adventure playthrough from any saves. Functionally the game is as "endless" as any game, but many people consider the end of a fortress the end of a story, closing the pages on that world in favor of the next epic "run." My longest living fort was 400 hours of person time, many generations of dwarves. (Actually, I'd modded myself a kobold fortress.) Speed Settings Mostly "real time with pause", there is also a great degree of freedom overclock speed. The game works through frames, so limiting your FPS to 1 or 2 frames greatly slows down the time. Of course, my computer could only do 7 FPS max at the end with my fort. This isn't actually the graphical refresh rate, it's the amount of frames the game is generating for you to see. Player Power Progression - + Detailed notes on progression systems. In Run Progression There are no skill trees or level up dialogs for individual members of your fort, but they do increase in skill and opinion of things in many many different ways. Much of the mystery and appeal of Dwarf Fortress is figuring out how to increase the overall prosperity of your Fort and skill of your citizens without much in the way of set goals or information about what would do what next. It's about as complex a system as you could possibly get in a game, but it also doesn't force decisions in a classical sense so it's easy to just end up watching how things hash out and crossing your fingers. While you can spend a long time simply building a lovely fort. Meta Progression Dwarf Fortress in its most "pure" style according to many is a true roguelike, with the history of the world unique and death permanent, all drillable down to a turn based system in "adventure mode". However, DF has many features that may feel similar to metaprogression. When everyone at your fortress dies, you can start another in the same world or even reclaim it with a new set of settlers. You can play adventure mode by importing an old fortress save. There's no way to have 'advancement' that unlocks for a new world, all options are there when generating. But death is perhaps not the end of your story.
	[edit] Hero Siege (2.0) DLC Released Very Different. Recent reviews are very negative, a 1.9, likely due to shift to paid unlockables. It used to be more like a Rogue-Lite. An interesting one - inspired by the same classics and with a similar retro pixel vibe, instead of distilling and extrapolating from the ARPG gameplay into tight Rogue-lite runs, it shows what happens if you bog down a little game with complex Diablo style systems and clog the menu with transactions. No quick in and out - it does not scratch the Survivors itch. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Action RPG Dungeon Crawler Hack and Slash Top Down or Isometric	4.8 Combined Ranking Score 63/72 Ranking Position 1095/1600 Total Points	6.2 Final Review 72% Steam 6.5 Scale 4.8 Vibes 28687 Steam Reviews 285/400 Review Points	3.5 Similarity Score 68% Diagnosis: Very Different 810/1200 Comparison Points	60% Genre 1.6/8 genre	11% Simple Controls -5.5/7 move	38% Survival Modes -1/4 modes	63% Power Progression 1/4 level	90% Buildcrafting Depth 4/5 build	96% Stage Features 6.5/7 stage	94% Content Breadth 8/9 stuff	85% Aesthetics 4.2/6 style	64% Gameplay Vibe Check 2.8/10 vibe vibe
Hero Siege (2.0) Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 3.1 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 10/22/2023 Tagged as a Rogue-like but it's really not, besides some buff items dropped. Very Diablo-inspired isometric pixel art Action RPG. Came out before Vampire Survivors or many of the games on this list, but sometimes is mentioned. It's not a wave survival game and doesn't share most other features. Like Diablo, sometimes the enemy count can get a little Horde-ish and the moves can get a little over the top. Lovely little graphics and vibe though the UI is a bit hard on steam deck or TV. Graphics look GREAT on steam deck though. You can no longer attack while moving as quickly, also different. Let's call the jump a dodge. Seems at some point the game got a 2.0 full of microtransactions or DLC at some point though, clogging the unlock menus full of confusing purchase options. Loses out on "low price" and lofi charm due to all the DLC, inventor tabs, etc. survivors-likes seem like a very distilled version of this kind of gameplay, speed running and streamlining the leveling while throwing all the enemies at you at once. Vampire Survivors has basically one control - the movement stick - and ARPGS are defined by almost the opposite, by the huge amount of move and menu options during play. There was like an earlier version of this game that was much different and I admit I didn't put in the time to research where that went. I think they just replaced it? Hero Siege (2.0) Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 3.5 Similarity Score 68% Diagnosis: 810/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite -0.5/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle -1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style -1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.3/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.8/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) -1/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash 0/1 No Trigger -1/1 No Special Move -1/1 No Aiming -0.5/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty -1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival -1/1 Endless Mode -1/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0.3/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.7/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 0/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Build Crafting 1/1 1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 1/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 1/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 1/1 XP on Ground 0.5/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 1/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 1/1 Enemy Variety 1/1 Bosses / Elites 1/1 Many Interesting Characters 1/1 Many Challenges 1/1 Multiple Stages 1/1 Difficulty Modifiers 1/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 1/1 Lofi Charm 0.2/1 Bumpin Music 0.7/1 Fun Writing 0.7/1 Subtle Humor 0.6/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.5/1 Over the Top 0.4/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 0/1 Difficulty Ramp 0/1 Fun Ramp 0/1 Low Price -1/1 Technical Check 0.9/1 Controls Check 0.8/1 Fun Check 0.6/1 Feels like VS 0/1 Hero Siege (2.0) Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 6.2 Final Review 72% Positive Steam Reviews 28687 Steam Reviews 4.8 Pure Vibes 6.5 Review Scale 285/400 Review Points Not Buggy 1/1 Not Janky 0.8/1 Good UI 0.6/1 Controller and Deck 0.5/1 Lots of Content 0.5/1 Good Theme 0.7/1 Good Graphics and Sound 0.8/1 Fun Feel 0.5/1 Unique Twists 0.4/1 Vibe Check 0.7/1 Metacritic Scores - + This title has metacritic data! The "fuck the man" score is adjusted so each person's review is equally weighted, regardless of critic or fan status. Critic 7.8 Converted 10 Point Score 2 Number of Critic Reviews User 6.5 User Review Average 75 Number of User Reviews Average 7.2 Direct Average 6.5 "Fuck The Man" Combined Mean Hero Siege (2.0) Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags AndroidiOSitch.ioLinuxMacPS4Steam DeckSwitchWindows PCDLCReleased Sorting Categories Very DifferentRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Action RPGDungeon CrawlerHack and SlashTop Down or Isometric Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel Art Setting / Story Tags DungeonsFantasy Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknownn/a Features and Extras SoundtrackSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading Cards Dev/Publisher Panic Art Studios Ltd. Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/hero-siege-20 Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#hero-siege-20 Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 67 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/269210/hero_siege Steam Price: 6.99 (Base) 340+ (DLC) (USD) Release Date: 1/28/2014 Developer: Panic Art Studios Ltd. Publisher: Panic Art Studios Ltd. Fully Released? Yes Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Playable Other Platforms PS4 Switch iOS Android itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: Co-Op Online: Co-Op Player Count: 2 (Local) 4 (Online) Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 59 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: Yes Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: No DLC Available: Yes Soundtrack Available: Bandcamp YouTube Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Hero Siege is a Hack N Slash Roguelike RPG with randomly generated zones, loot, randomized enemies, bosses and more! 4 Player Online Multiplayer!" "Annihilate hordes of enemies, grow your talent tree, grind better loot and explore up to 7 Acts enhanced with beautiful Pixel Art graphics!" "Hero Siege has an Loot/Inventory system. Loot drops can be of several different rarities such as Normal, Magic, Rare, Legendary, Mythic and Satanic" More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: n/a Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
	[edit] Grim Horde Abandoned EA Free Available A summoning survivors-like that unfortunately never "made it past the concept stage" according to one steam reviewer I agree with. Contrasting it with Boneraiser Minions which is a zippy and fun game full of content, it's an unfortunately also ran. There's some nice aesthetics and animations, but the gameplay is unfortunately quite slow and feels just too non-interactive, even for an auto battler. I hope the devs try again with a different project and in some ways I respect them for feeling it was "done" if it just didn't seem fun. It's hard to justify the price on it in this state, even at three dollars. Suffers heavily on the latter half of our scale for lack of depth, breadth, and gameplay. Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Battler Horde Survival Rogue-lite Summoning Game Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric	4.0 Combined Ranking Score 65/72 Ranking Position 1056/1600 Total Points	4.0 Final Review 58% Steam 2.7 Scale 3.5 Vibes 55 Steam Reviews 220/400 Review Points	3.9 Similarity Score 70% Diagnosis: Similar 836/1200 Comparison Points	69% Genre 3/8 genre	73% Simple Controls 3.2/7 move	80% Survival Modes 2.4/4 modes	88% Power Progression 3/4 level	55% Buildcrafting Depth 0.5/5 build	75% Stage Features 3.5/7 stage	64% Content Breadth 2.6/9 stuff	71% Aesthetics 2.5/6 style	62% Gameplay Vibe Check 2.4/10 vibe vibe
Grim Horde Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Personal Hours Played: 2.5 Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/9/2023 Kind of similar to Boneraiser Minions on the face of it, but you're raiding villages instead of defending your crypt. I did my best on feature details but since it's abandoned and hard to get through I'm not sure about a couple. I know starting off feels slow in many of these games but it feels really slow in this demo. Maybe I'm missing something, likely. Ok, coming back with the full version basically to just check for the review and it still feels really slow. I think, though, it's not really about speed of the character but how non-interactive the gameplay feels even for an auto-battler. Let's compare it directly to Boneraiser minions. Your only real button here is to summon towers which summon creators. But it's not a direct amount and placement of the towers hardly seems to matter. They go away quickly and you keep replacing, but not really too strategically. In Boneraiser minions your main button is a dodge, but the game keeps you on your toes while the summons just happen. Here it feels I'm really detached from it somehow. Let's compare it directly to Boneraiser minions. Your only real button here is to summon towers which summon creators. But it's not a direct amount and placement of the towers hardly seems to matter. They go away quickly and you keep replacing, but not really too strategically. In Boneraiser minions your main button is a dodge, but the game keeps you on your toes while the summons just happen. Here you're trying to coax your mob towards houses as you kind of explore a map. You break the houses to get meta upgrade materials, and enemies killed by your horde drop souls, basically. But then you have to bring the souls to a place to level up and buy upgrades, which means there's no kind of zen like loop in terms of just circling for resources. You have to move (very slowly) across a map. Later stages seem smaller or more arena-like, at least in pieces, but the gameplay doesn't feel to change much. The upgrade feel incremental, never drastically changing the action regardless of the percent. Most enemies seem to come from houses so it doesn't exactly feel like organica waves either. The 'souls' or whatever fade away quickly so you can't wander away to a goal and come back and get them, you're constantly trying to drag this horde of creatures that won't come quickly with you, so you're constantly having to wait for them while enemies stream at you from the spawns. You don't get to upgrade your minions in interesting ways every level, it doesn't seem like you really unlock other minions either. None of the 'create a minion in a way that I personally like' aspect is there. Frankly, it was a slog to try and play enough to review, though I put in a solid effort across the demo and main game. I'm disappointed because I love playing a necromancer, for example, in games like Diablo and the idea of a horde is great. Finally, there isn't much content. I was told by someone associated with the devs it's kind of a prematurely finished product, maybe not outright abandoned but I think they realized it wasn't that fun either. As another reviewer on steam put it, "didn't make it past the concept stage." Grim Horde Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 3.9 Similarity Score 70% Diagnosis: 836/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 1/1 Real Time 0.7/1 Top Down or Isometric 0/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar -0.7/1 Arcade Style 1/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) -1/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 1/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 0.2/1 Move Only 0.5/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 1/1 No Special Move -1/1 No Aiming 1/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 0.5/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 0/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0.5/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.9/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 0/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Build Crafting 0.4/1 0.1/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 0.5/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 0/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 0.3/1 Bosses / Elites 0.3/1 Many Interesting Characters 0/1 Many Challenges 0/1 Multiple Stages 0.5/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0.5/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 1/1 Secrets 0/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 0/1 Lofi Charm 0.8/1 Bumpin Music 0.5/1 Fun Writing 0.1/1 Subtle Humor 0.1/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0.3/1 Over the Top 0/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 0.5/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.3/1 Fun Ramp 0/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 0/1 Controls Check 0.1/1 Fun Check 0.1/1 Feels like VS 0.6/1 Grim Horde Review Scale Heatmap - + The review scale is judged from -1 to 1 in 10 categories, with 200 possible "points" earned. Steam review positive percentage is worth another 100 points, and a "ten point" pure vibe review number adds extra subjectivity. Converted into points, that's 400 points total. The points aren't used directly in the ranking, though, which averages the three number scores for the final review score listed in the game line above. 4.0 Final Review 58% Positive Steam Reviews 55 Steam Reviews 3.5 Pure Vibes 2.7 Review Scale 220/400 Review Points Not Buggy 0/1 Not Janky 0.3/1 Good UI 0.7/1 Controller and Deck 1/1 Lots of Content -0.5/1 Good Theme 0.6/1 Good Graphics and Sound 0.8/1 Fun Feel -1/1 Unique Twists 0.1/1 Vibe Check 0.7/1 Grim Horde Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags itch.ioLinuxMacSteam DeckWindows PCAbandonedEAFree Available Sorting Categories SimilarRanked Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-BattlerHorde SurvivalRogue-liteSummoning GameSurvivors-likeTop Down or Isometric Aesthetic Tags 2DPixel Art Setting / Story Tags Demon SummoningFantasyNecromancer Control Styles ControllerController 1 Handed Game Mode Tags Unknown20m Features and Extras Steam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher Red Koi Box Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/grim-horde Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#grim-horde Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 69 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/1962560/grim_horde Steam Price: 2.99 (USD) Release Date: Early Access 06/21/2022 Developer: Red Koi Box Publisher: Red Koi Box Fully Released? No Recent Updates? No Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: Yes Steam Deck: Yes Other Platforms itch.io Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: Yes Steam Achievements: 36 Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: Yes DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "Gather your minions, conquer the lands and become the Darklord! Grim Horde is a fast arcade game with rogue-lite elements, where you lead your armies through the lands of the mortals, raze villages and claim souls. Die and rise again from your ashes and learn new summoning spells." "Grim Horde is a fast arcade game with rogue-lite elements, where you lead your armies through the lands of the mortals, raze villages and claim souls.Die and rise again from your ashes and learn new summoning spells." (I'm honestly not sure how they arrived at the fast conclusion. Maybe in an endgame I'll never get to?) And from discord quite some months ago: "Grim Horde is pretty dead (no pun intended), we have to decide what to do with it." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 20m Run Time Notes ? Speed Settings ?
Dev Scores Submitted via Score Card (Upcoming, Unreviewed) This section includes mostly upcoming games where devs themselves submitted a score card or filled the web form. Tags sugggested by devs. They'll be moved up top after I've checked it all over and adjusted the feature scores to be in line with how other games are scored.
	[edit] Cozy Space Survivors Free Available Upcoming Note: Feature comparison score and metadata reported based on dev submitted scorecard about early version of in progress game Dev? Experienced player? Help us rank this game! [Submit Feature Survey] [Submit Review]	Auto-Shooter Roguelite Single Stick Shooter Survivors-like Top Down or Isometric	- Combined Ranking Score -/72 Ranking Position -/1600 Total Points	- Final Review -% Steam - Scale - Vibes 0 Steam Reviews -/400 Review Points	4.3 Similarity Score 71% Diagnosis: Similar 857/1200 Comparison Points	89% Genre 6.2/8 genre	75% Simple Controls 3.5/7 move	66% Survival Modes 1.3/4 modes	88% Power Progression 3/4 level	56% Buildcrafting Depth 0.6/5 build	79% Stage Features 4/7 stage	55% Content Breadth 0.9/9 stuff	67% Aesthetics 2/6 style	72% Gameplay Vibe Check 4.3/10 vibe vibe
Cozy Space Survivors Ranking Notes - + Scaling and Review Notes Review Disclaimer Every game ranked was played, but also scaled based on research, talking to developers & your feedback. The priority with the scale's initial design was to compare similarity on relatively objective features - so it doesn't claim to include reviews of the depth and clarity you'd get at a games journalism site, nor the intensive time played you might get from player reviews on steam. We try to incorporate and link all of that along with a 'review scale' that checks for bugs. See the heatmap and breakdown! Time played noted so you can take any notes with a big grain of salt! I can't get to high level gameplay in 850+ games so I heavily research every game. Over 80 game creators let me interview or survey them! I Hope to go back and refine. Please argue or submit your own scores and reviews to be incorporated with credit into the notes and score numbers. Added or last checked on 11/8/2023 Scale scoring from scorecard submitted by Developer. Once evaluated after a couple hours play and some research, will be adjusted and moved up into the ranking proper. Dev Scorecard Notes: "Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A short experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games." Help us rank this game! [Submit Review] Cozy Space Survivors Similarity Scale Heatmap - + Measured in 60 categories via likert-scale style options -1 to 1 in tenths, how does this game compare to Vampire Survivors. This allows 1200 total "points". It's easier to have a point of comparison and we just picked Vampire Survivors since it's the most popular and commonly referenced game in the subgenre. For detailed methodology read the explainer. For in depth examples at score value, see the scoring guide and for term definitions see the key. 4.3 Similarity Score 71% Diagnosis: 857/1200 Comparison Points Rogue-lite 1/1 Auto-Fire / Auto-Battle 1/1 Real Time 1/1 Top Down or Isometric 1/1 Direct Control of Single Avatar 1/1 Arcade Style 0.5/1 Bullet Heaven A (Many Player Bullets) 0.2/1 Bullet Heaven B (Few Enemy Bullets) 0.5/1 One Handed Play (w Controller) 1/1 Move Only -1/1 No Dash 1/1 No Trigger 0/1 No Special Move 1/1 No Aiming 0.5/1 No On-Aim / On-Fire Movement Penalty 1/1 Timed / Boss Ended Survival 1/1 Endless Mode 0/1 Organic / Unannounced Waves 0/1 High Enemy Count (Horde) 0.3/1 Level Up on XP Gain Event 1/1 Streamlined Level Choices (Simple UI) 1/1 Currency Based Meta Unlocks 1/1 Goal Based Meta Unlocks 0/1 Build Crafting 0/1 0.2/1 Weapon Combination / "Evolution" 0.2/1 Interesting Item / Weapon / Ability Synergy 0.2/1 Broken / Invincible Builds Possible 0/1 Explorable Map 1/1 BIG Maps 0/1 XP on Ground 1/1 Health on Ground 1/1 Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 0/1 Treasure Chests and/or Loot Events 1/1 Vendor / Merchant on Run 0/1 Enemy Variety 0.5/1 Bosses / Elites 0/1 Many Interesting Characters 0.3/1 Many Challenges 0/1 Multiple Stages 0/1 Difficulty Modifiers 0/1 Bestiary / Lore 0/1 Achievements 0/1 Secrets 0.1/1 Retro / Pixel Art 1/1 Damage Numbers 0/1 Lofi Charm 0.2/1 Bumpin Music 0/1 Fun Writing 0.4/1 Subtle Humor 0.4/1 Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 0/1 Over the Top 0.1/1 "One More Run" / Short Runs 1/1 Difficulty Ramp 0.4/1 Fun Ramp 0/1 Low Price 1/1 Technical Check 0.4/1 Controls Check 0.5/1 Fun Check 0.5/1 Feels like VS 0.3/1 Cozy Space Survivors Tag Cloud - + More sortable taxonomies and categories associated with the game (genre tags are available in the main game table line!) We've just started adding tags to enable more sorting options, this section will get more filled out as we go! Release Tags Browseritch.ioMacWindows PCFree AvailableUpcoming Sorting Categories SimilarDev Scored (Upcoming) Genre and Control Style Tags Auto-ShooterRogueliteSingle Stick ShooterSurvivors-likeTop Down or Isometric Aesthetic Tags Unknown Setting / Story Tags Unknown Control Styles Controller Game Mode Tags Unknown10m Features and Extras Steam AchievementsSteam Cloud Dev/Publisher simonschreibt Release Info & Community Links - + Direct Permalink: survivorslikes.com/videogame/cozy-space-survivors Contextual Table Link: survivorslikes.com/#cozy-space-survivors Google Sheet Edit Link: edit.survivorslikes.com row 130 Steam Link: steampowered.com/app/2657850/cozy_space_survivors Steam Price: 1.99 (USD) Release Date: Q1 2024 Developer: simonschreibt Publisher: simonschreibt Fully Released? No Recent Updates? Yes Steam Compatibility Windows: Yes Mac: Yes Linux: No Steam Deck: ? Other Platforms Browser (itch.io) Community & Social Links Discord Game Features - + Listing various features we've got info on. Multiplayer Local: No Online: No Player Count: 1 Leaderboards: ? Steam Features Steam Cloud: No Steam Achievements: No Steam Leaderboards: No Steam Workshop: No Steam Trading Cards: No Extras, Etc. NSFW: No Demo Available: No DLC Available: No Soundtrack Available: No Marketing Blurb - + Some description of the game and its features from the creators. "A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A short experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games." More info and fan reviews on steam Run Times & Speedups - + Average Run Time: 10m Run Time Notes Dev: "10 minutes per run, aimed to be fun so that people want to play at least 3x" Speed Settings ?

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