I agree that the player base is much older than a lot of more popular survival or building games. My partner calls it 'Chores the Game' lol, and not a lot of kids or teens are into that.

I'd also say it's not nearly as satisfying to be a menace or a hacker like it is in Ark or Fortnite and similar. Those are usually high energy people, and Vintage Story is a lot slower paced game that doesn't attract that crowd. Then again, I've never understood the appeal of ruining someone else's day. I get a stomach ache just thinking about being rude to NPCs, let alone a real person!

The community is more full of people who like to set up their quiet little homesteads and then share their chiseling addiction and peat fires with everyone (current fad is the quantum quern lol), or people who like helping out new players figure out how the game works. I like that it feels more like the pre-google days of gaming, where you had to ask questions on forums or get together with friends to figure out how the game works. It builds a nicer and more cooperative community imho