Being in a community always works, help people in the community and talking to them. They might give your game a chance rather than saying hey play my game in 1 post.

Personally, I find communities quite helpful and the opportunities to learn more extensive.  LSF (LemmaSoft Forums) was my first to learn the basics of game development and the Ren'Py VN engine.

I quickly learned the basics of Ren'Py through them and had a working prototype in about 2 weeks.  My first completed KN "Learning To Fly ch1" is published both here and on GameJolt.

I've also joined Discord and created my own server  https://discord.gg/c3vK5Y though I'm still in the process of setting it up.  There are plenty of servers to join on discord, such as Renpy, itch, blender, etc.

Hope this helps...
Robi

VN's are a B* to market because any beginner programmer can make one. But I actually love the look of yours! (the trailer anyways) it looks perfectly twisted. It's near impossible to get someone to purchase them unless you have a homerun. They say if a game will be successful you shouldn't have to do much marketing, it should fly by itself. So don't make VN's with the intent of making money. Sadly they are near worthless in today's society. Even if you have a story that wretches every persons heart who plays it.

There's a million places to market on the internet.. Yours is about a horror rave or something? That's prefect to find unconventional places to market it. Get away from the normal game sites where there are thousands of other VN's. Find the rave communities where they aren't oversaturated with games.. And frankly, probably don't even know what VN's are, or where the bar is set.

On the surface, my game is in the same boat as yours.. https://imitate-fire.itch.io/canna-bus

Cheers

edit: The fact is, if you don't have a hit game and still want to make money from it you have to go where the money is ie. Steam, where there are more players than devs who actually spend money on games.

So umm ... trying to register for Lemma Soft Forums and seems I need a password from an existing user just to sign up. Pretty weird. Would any of you guys happen to know it?