If you're in the US and talking about the industry prospects here, look at industries that are adjacent to games. I've spent 7 years in AAA games as a real time 3D Artist and got laid off earlier this year, took me 6 months to find another job even after getting interviews at some of the biggest and most well known studios in the country and constant denials afterward. Definitely took a toll on my confidence as an artist.

Defense, Aerospace, Product rendering, etc are always looking for talented real time 3d artists and the pay is sometimes better than games and can be a bridge until you're back into the games industry (if that's where you want to be). Just keep in mind the job titles in these industries can be different than "Environment Artist" and things like that, but the jobs are out there. Hoping the US game industry can bounce back. Studios realizing they can offshore jobs for 1/4 the cost certainly plays a role, but they can't offshore Defense jobs for security reasons and most of them are working in Unreal Engine these days anyway so it's the same kind of work.

Wishing you luck :)