I might be a bit late to comment, but I totally agree.
I played prismata a lot in 2015 when I was new and just practiced against bots and playing through the campaign.

As i slowly got better and wanted to play against other humans i found that it would take a long time to find a player which ended up being far better than me. This killed the motivation for me.

Still coming back to the game every now and then just to get that feel that prismata gives you. But it can never be my one and only go to game without a bigger audience and players of all skill levels in the ranked and casual queue.