For reference, LLabyrinth has a 4.5/5 star on F95 with 240 comments on the thread. And I would encourage you to look up the thread for this game (yes, they posted V2 there). It has very healthy engagement with people praising your work consistently.
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If you do not wish to maintain a Patreon on SubscriberStar page, posting the game on pirate forums like F95 would gain you a lot of attraction (with the obvious downside of people not paying for your game if you do decide to sell it). In fact, I discovered your first game only after it was posted on F95. And there will be other people like myself on such forums, who will continue to donate/pay for games despite them being posted there by pirates (mostly because that forum has one of the best search features; so it's really easy to discover new games).
There will also not be any contract/pressure to deliver update on any cadence (since people get it for free).