"recent" ist not the discovery pages. The whole system is.
Your tags could be better. Here. Your games on "page 1" of a discovery page.
https://itch.io/games/tag-apocalyptic
https://itch.io/games/tag-cosmic-horror
A devlog might sort you into recent again, but this is nothing to count on. It's humans doing that bump, and they might not have had time for that or just did not do it. They do not approve every devlog.