Hello, I am part of a game studio and we work in Unreal Engine 5. We usually create games with very realistic graphics and that is usually performance heavy. We want to stick to what's familiar to us and make our jam game realistic.

However, the dilemma comes from the fact that this is very performance heavy, and the download size will be significantly bigger than an average jam game.

Should we instead try to aim for a more cartoony and stylised to ensure more people can play our game?

We don't particularly care about winning or being popular. We just want to have another game under our belt.

Any advice?