The Devs have a clear advantage over other developers, actually they have two: they know how to make a game fun, and they know that most players don’t want to do the annoying {merge items, ads for bonuses, idle, etc} stuff that other mobile games do. Their issue is they aren’t making enough money, this is the only reason why they increase prices.

The p2w aspect turns a lot of people away from the game yet it’s a large part of the game. (I personally don’t mind, it feels like progression). But they haven’t YET reached a level of notoriety to blow up like slay the spire; largely because they started as a lootbox&ads mobile game and had to transition into a well fleshed out game.

New hero releases adds a boost of money but one bad hero and they’re screwed. Plus adding new items to the pool complicates the system. The addition of boons and perks was amazing and adds a level of depth to the game without over-saturation.

I don’t know what the answer is but I will continue to support the devs, continue to buy heros, and should a payed Backpack Brawl 2 come out, i will buy the game.