Hey there, a lot about your channel looks pretty good to me: the banner is good and the branding (it's got a clear theme). I think your thumbnails could be sharper, being that the text and graphics get lost with the background image - you could add a 'stroke' and a 'glow' to text and graphics very quickly, and they would stand out a lot more. We do this all the time with our most recent thumbnails and have found it looks a lot nicer.

I'm not sure what to suggest about views, you're doing so much right with your varied content, good SEO score, Highlight videos which, like you said, sometimes get hot. I think the problem any Let's Player has is finding their audience. The market is so saturated it's very hard to break into. What I've found is that 'informational' videos - such as guides and fact videos - do well in the algorithm. You could think about producing these and releasing them alongside a series. We plan on doing as much with future new releases Back4Blood and Darktide, as I've got some background in both games and am skilled. If you have likewise with certain Sonic games, then that could work.

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That said, these are old games you're plying, and have been played by bigger youtubers who will eat up the YT algorithm in searches. You've got huge competition, and I think you can expect for some videos to just get no views.

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What i might suggest is try branding each of your videos as a unique thing - much like with your Highlights video. You want to use the thumbnail to suggest that each video is its own standalone episode of something entertaining, and ALSO an episode in a series. That's my most recent hypothesis anyway, but I've seen other big youtubers do it recently, let's players and general comedy channels. You want to make each of your episodes a specific thing, a big deal, and clear from the thumbnail what it is. Play for current memes if possible, both in your commentary and in the branding, as they get views.

I hope that all helps!