Taking significant time to release fundamentally the exact same content you have now with minimal new in-game content, really seems to antagonize people, especially entitled Patreon supporters. Case in point, Summertime Sagas 'Tech' update and Breeders of the Nephelyms 'UI' update. If you feel you can continue to work on your game despite those kinds of people you'll do fine though.
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What arguably kills most adult in-dev games is a big change like this. Since your game operates on a patch to patch model, it is functionally an Early Access title. When Early Access games don't see significant game-play development for a prolonged time people will inevitable abandon them. Reviewing a lot of the comments you can tell this is the direction your followers are going; Most of the comments are asking you to maintain only the Renpy version or even both versions of the game (Which is unrealistic), with this exact hesitation in mind. It's not impossible, the Carnal Instinct team has managed to make it work while they update to Unreal 5, but you'll absolutely see a significant drop in support and possibly even receive threatening messages.