A.O.A sucked with how sudden it was but at least we know that the dev is alive for that game, he showed up last year to help clear up an issue with someone else posting the game on steam to try and profit off of it.
i feel like that happens a lot where community sentiment goes down over time leading up to it being abandoned, it does feel like a bit of a self fufling prophecy at times though since it seems like the second and update takes even slightly longer then a previous one everyone starts to go into a...
for the most part about good games actually finishing, since in reality i can always just play it again, but a part of me always just wants new more stuff, on the other hand you have ones like freeloading family where they just seemingly cut out about 2/3 of the planned content and call it good.
ya really hoping the dev is just taking a break, i know a lot of people were getting uppity about the length of updates vs. the time it takes for them to come out, and that the dev is just taking some time away to recoup and get away from that stuff.
at least on f95 i dont think it have ever gotten the abandoned tag though ? i know a while back it was on hold for a little while, but i do agree its not a guarantee it wont be updated again but it was heartbreaking to see the tag
that is the boat we are sort of in for midlife crisis the dev had just said he was close to an update and then a bunch of months passed and now nothing so we still hold out hope.
It was not to much of a issue for me till i spent like 2 years away and wanted to replay it from the start and just forgot how much stuff there was to go to, house in the rift is another great one with amazing art that i really want to start fresh on one but is also pretty dense.
This could either be due to them being abandoned, or completed.
2 of mine for abandoned are reluctant archon, and midlife crisis.
For completed it was Sorcerer (and honestly i am always sad when one of Talothrals games is completed.)