I think one way to escape this paradox is by creating your own community and posting updates—even simple ones—monthly. I've not tried this solution yet, but that's what I saw one developer team does for their visual novel. They just post a monthly devlog while they're building their new game. You can also try finding streamers that'd play your game and post a review video about it on social media. I hope you can escape this paradox 😵💫