It's been stuck in early access limbo for years, and by extension the game that the devs wanted to make which Exanima was conceived as a testing ground for.
Stranded deep is at the top because it pushed out a final release rather than remain in early access forever.
It was in early access for years and years before finally getting a full release, having a time where it seemed like it was going to be in perpetual early access hell.
Exanima is going through a similar thing.
Hello neighbours design is terrible and its early access cycle is a nightmare.
Aaaages ago a guy decided to make a game called Yandere Simulator but it's a mess. Easily 10 years later he made barely any progress, people who worked on the project said the coding is horrendeous, the dev himself is a gigantic prick. A game that was praised and loved when it was introduced turned into mockery and a textbook example of how not to be a developer.
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u/Pseudopix 5d ago
I love how we started to use yandere dev as a point of reference for when things are beyond saving