This week included an announcement for Stone Story RPG: Ascension. I'm a huge fan of the original and it's wonderful community of modders and I'm excited to see what this new chapter will entail.
There was also an interesting reddit thread discussing the trend of Nodebuster-likes and it's impact on the genre. I gave my own opinion - essentially discussing how genres shift and how trends like these just mean the devs themselves have been inspired by the games following this trend and are making the games they think will be fun. So I don't see any issues with this trend (or really any, unless it involves something cash grabby like MTX or loot crates).