I was told the developers were scumbags that abandon all their games, and had abandoned this one to make Palworld, even though they had just updated it at that time as well. Could the idiots review bombing the game on Steam have misled me?

Might finally try the game sometime, I bought it during a Steam sale, before Palworld was announced, but never even installed it.

Some important takeaways include new items including the “Massacre Drone” and a “Killpower Switch,”

Yeah, pass. This developer seems to enjoy the slaughter of things, especially if they are cute and innocent.