He had 80 or so a couple days ago. The problem is games like milfy city and the "R" game (most overrated game on this forum, by far). Developers see the instant success of that FD game and assume they should expect the same.
The reality is, the developers of THAT game were extremely lucky with timing, and were also willing to do a lot of shady/scamming things to build/maintain their subscribers - most other games don't pick up followers that quickly.
The one thing Grinvald can learn though is the importance of advertising. That "R" game is quite mediocre with below average writing/storytelling, but the developer spends more time advertising (in sometimes very shady ways) than he does actually working on his game. Not suggesting Grinvald should do that, but just note the value of advertising.
This is exactly it!
BESEV bailed on this project WAY too quickly IMO. He just released an update, and didn't even stick around to see it's impact. Many people, including myself, JUST learned about the game in the last week or so...and only by reading about it in other threads. If Besev made even a bit of effort to advertise his game, his patreon count would increase a lot for sure - it probably would have even just from the latest update.
Not clear if the new developer will stay true to the vibe and story line of the game you created though. Seeing his terrible English in his recent comments doesn't make me optimistic that the English in the game will "improve" either. Then again, I never found the English to be problematic anyway - I think I saw maybe only 1 or 2 people mention that.
Hope there aren't any changes to the family story line or daughters, especially Jane