What is the current state of the gaming industry? What genres are popular right now?

Question

Game development

Something like a social survey.
I'm thinking of writing games in Java Script or Lua. But since I am new to this business (in game development), and I don’t intend to engage in game development professionally yet - it will be more like a hobby, but you never know ...
In general, the question is as follows:
What genres are popular now, if the opportunity suddenly turns up work in gamedev? Or is it better to proceed from the principle of creating remakes of those games that you like yourself, not paying attention to the genre?

Answer 1

YOBA games are as popular as ever!
But seriously, casual freemium like Candy Crush Saga is in demand. In principle, classic mechanics such as "three-in-a-row", "destroy the structure with projectiles" and "put the figures carefully" will never become obsolete.

Answer 2

lua games? js? If only text or browser (in the case of js).
Games are written in c++, in rare cases java and other languages.

Answer 3

You will first decide on the platform, with the target audience, and then with the genre.
There is a difference between preferred genres even within mobile development, although there are certainly more general trends.
Browser games are different.
Social games - the third.
Desktop - generally a separate world.
In general, more specifics.