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Did you ever want to play a worse version of Risk of Rain?
Here it is.

I'm not having fun anymore.

This is a full price game monetized like a free to play game, why?

Would you rather spend 200 Dollars or Grind 300 Hours to get all the content?

There is no late game progression 2+ years after this game came out.

Just grind for Warbonds and then have all your work invalidated by nerfs.

Arrowhead is killing their golden goose.

Keep my data out of your dirty hands you greedy cowards.

Keep my data out of your dirty hands you greedy cowards.

Keep my data out of your dirty hands you greedy cowards.

Is this game dead? Depends on how you define a dead game.

Are there updates? Effectively no. Cosmetics and maps are not good enough.
Weapons that need buffs or nerfs will never change at this point.

Are there a lot of players? Definitely yes. To this day, this game is one of the best FTP games.

Do I recommend this game? Yes with a big BUT attached.

Play with friends if you can.
Use the community server browser to make some if you don't have any/many friends who play this game/shooters.
Casual is ok, but not the intended experience for this game.
TF2 was never meant to be 100% Competitive or Casual, but a beautiful mix of the two.
Please watch videos on how to play the classes and set up the game to run better.
TF2 is old and not optimized for new players. Do yourself a favor and do some research before you play.