Originally posted by Arixson:

We will have to agree to disagree, as what is an RPG can be very simple as are most small end ones.

You have that right. I don't consider Witcher 3 an RPG either, but I would argue Valheim is certainly more RPG than that game.

It's "Proper" Genre classification is Open World Survival insofar as it would be useful to a potential customer.