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Yeah, it definitely could be related to the Google updates, especially if your traffic is mostly coming from search. A drop from 40–100 clicks down to 20–30 isn’t necessarily a death sentence though. Gaming niches tend to swing a lot during updates because competition is brutal and a lot of sites are publishing constantly.
What stands out more to me is the long break you took. Google usually rewards consistency over long periods, so when a site goes inactive for a year it can lose momentum and trust signals. The good news is you already proved you can recover traffic once, which is a positive sign.
I’d check a few things before panicking:
* Are your top pages the ones losing impressions, or is it sitewide?
* Did rankings drop for specific keywords?
* Are bigger sites covering the same topics now?
* Have you kept posting consistently since restarting?Also, May can be weird depending on the gaming topics you cover. Some niches get seasonal dips between major releases/events.
Honestly, if you’re still getting 20–50 clicks some days, I’d treat this more as a fluctuation than a collapse. Keep publishing consistently for a few more months before making huge changes. A lot of smaller blogs get hit temporarily during updates and then stabilize later.
