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I mean, frankly, I agree with you ... but there are tons of other games in other genres of style and gameplay....that are also under $70 bucks, at or close to that $20 mark, that are pretty damn good.

They may not be as meteorically popular as Silksong...

But the point of the OP image is that... you do not in fact need a AAA production budget and AAA 'graphics quality' and MTX and FOMO and alo that garbage... to be able to have a successful game.

That you can in fact have a more modest yet also more focused approach, and create a break-out hit.

The point here is not 'Silksong popular!'

The point is 'Silksong proves that AAA development paradigms and business practices are ludicrously wasteful and not mandatory; there will always be other ways to be a successful game creator.'

Ok?

OK, that's a valid opinion and your personal taste. People should not judge that or think it weird, but it's nothing special either...

Freedom of Speech depicts a scene of a 1942 Arlington town meeting in which Jim Edgerton, the lone dissenter to the town selectmen's announced plans to build a new school, as the old one had burned down,[9] was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol.[10] Edgerton supported the rebuilding process but was concerned about the tax burden of the proposal, as his family farm had been ravaged by disease.[11] A memory of this scene struck Rockwell as an excellent fit for illustrating "freedom of speech", and inspired him to use his Vermont neighbors as models for the entire Four Freedoms series.[12]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Speech_(painting)

For anyone curious about the source of OP's image.

May I suggest Satisfactory or perhaps Plan B: Terraform?

But have you played Ori and the Blind Forest?

You're not alone. But we can't deny that there is a market for them. And if you're honest with us and yourself I'm sure you have an exception. Mine is Remnant. Loved From the Ashes and I put in a lot of time in the second one as well.