I was a supporter of him for a few months ($10 tier). But the game is unplayable, for almost every single quest you need to follow the guide, then the game bugs and you have to start from the beginning. The worst part is sometimes you don't know the game's actually bugged and you continue to play and wonder why the quest won't trigger. So you have to ask for help on Discord and then the whole cycle repeats again. I've got tired of it, I've got tired to be (alpha, beta, gamma) tester.... and I've quit. So the real problem is not that people pirated the game, the real problem is the game is just not fun to play after a time.
Also Rel would refuse to make any future quests more intuitive or even the old ones (sometimes he even makes changes to the old ones, so you have to search in guide for the old ones how to do them "properly" so the game doesn't bug). I play games for 20 years, to look at the guide for every single quest is just ridiculous. I think people sooner or later would get tired of this and would quit in droves.