I believe that your subscriptions are pending if the community you're subscribing to belongs to another Lemmy instance. I'm guessing that a moderator might need to approve your membership. But I could be entirely wrong!

Has anyone played Roadwarden yet? I'm downloading the demo now, but it's 33% off and relatively new (released in September '22).

Update: I played Roadwarden for about 4 hours straight this morning, so yeah I think it's going on my recommendations list. :)