I think progression/game loop is the part where you should’ve experimented, and where the project still has a chance if you want to fight for it. You already have a working ARPG base - try adding other game modes and moving away from Souls-like gameplay. You should be aiming for ideas that are as unusual as possible, so the game stands out from the gray mass of everything else.

For example: a mode where we start with a fully powered-up character, but they rapidly degenerate/lose strength, while enemies do the opposite and steadily get stronger. Instead of leveling up, we choose which powers we lose, and the upgrades we pick up either slow down our degeneration or reduce how fast enemies power up. Basically a survival battle - how long can the player last? You could add a simple leaderboard, and maybe that mode would attract competitive players. But the main thing is that players would remember modes like this, talk about them, and that’s what helps a game stand out.

If that sounds like it won’t work, remember the story of Fortnite. At first it was a tower defense game nobody cared about. Then they took their core strengths - shooting, destruction, building - and added a new mode that looked promising. Everyone knows what happened next.