Honestly, this is a VERY spicey take, if he made the game free to play, its back up on public listings for itch, and still have his patreon link attached, i think he could possibly make more money from the patreon alone. He would then also be able to promote the patreon as a way to get sneak peaks of upcoming updates and allow players actually paying into it to test the new updates for him. Maybe even make a patreon exclusive cosmetic, who knows.