This game has began to be it's own thing, it's now completely different to Baldi. A ripoff is stuff like Baldina. This game is definitely heavily inspired by Baldi. This game has an artstyle, mechanics, music, fonts, everything completely different from the norm, not only is it not like Baldi, there is no other game with a style and a vibe like AEwVS has. While being heavily inspired, this game is surprisingly heavily original with the designs and everything. Like Baldi, this game does have a very minimalistic style to it.