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They are better, imho.

Now, if there were just not so many other game developers to compete with.

Apart from luck and active advertisements, I think there are only a few things to improve for cheap, and they might not even have that much of an impact. Probably. One would be to not have a cover image. Not having screenshots would be a big one for me. Having no comment section. Disabled ratings. A bland tagline. Inaccurate tags. An overly marketing speech as a description with empty promises and no information. AI generated texts on profile page or game description. That kind of things. Having no demo version for a paid game. They are zero cost to improve, but might deter some potential players, if they should stumble upon a game.

That list is subjective, but I just can't imagine a good reason to prefer the game that does it "wrong" over a game that does it "right", all other things being equal. But the effect can be negligible. Just look at the success of game like Baldi's Basic. Once a thing is famous enough, quirks might actually improve reception, if they are in line with the style.

Oh, and now I know, why I did not read those one liners at first. I looked at your games on your profile and a profile page does not display those. The account page does.