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FOUND: Paralives - What They Never Told You

A human overview of Paralives: what you need to know about the upcoming indie life sim

The next life sim to watch is hyper-stylized with an impressive build mode and lots of plans for Live Mode in early access.

The life sim revolution may not be over but it will have to wait until 2026, because Paralives is delayed

The life sim revolution may not be over but it will have to wait until 2026, because Paralives is delayed

Just a few weeks before its planned release in December, the upcoming life sim has been pushed all the way back to May 2026.

"Don't expect hundreds of hours of gameplay": Sims 4 competitor Paralives unveils early access plans, showing what "won't be ready for launch" and what's coming "within the next 2 years"

"Don't expect hundreds of hours of gameplay": Sims 4 competitor Paralives unveils early access plans, showing what "won't be ready for launch" and what's coming "within the next 2 years"

And "ALL future updates and expansions will be free"

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The Sims 4's colorful competitor Paralives lets you be a passive aggressive king and give backhanded compliments or just straight up diss characters for being bad cooks or because "they have a lower paying job than you"

Paralives' Together cards have "variants" that let you give "flirty" or "ironic" compliments

The Sims competitor Paralives is fixing one of the biggest sins of its life sim rival, as Parafolk will actually wash their hands immediately after going to the toilet – most of the time

Folks, please wash your hands every time

Indie Sims-like Paralives is getting everything from modding tools to cooking and house fires right at its early-access release, but stuff like weather and pets will be added in free updates

Paralives doesn't have fishing on day one of Early Access, but it does have "aging and death"

Sims competitor Paralives secures a December early access release, hopefully giving life sim enjoyers something fresh after inZOI's mixed reception and Life by You's cancellation

Paralives launches in early access on Steam on December 8

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The Sims 4's colorful competitor Paralives is bringing one of my favorite features from The Sims 3 back – the ability to customize literally everything

The Sims 4's colorful competitor Paralives is bringing one of my favorite features from The Sims 3 back – the ability to customize literally everything

And I can't wait

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Nintendo Switch 2 and anticipated sequels – what to look forward to in gaming in 2025

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Inzoi's delay into 2025 has officially dashed all hope of this being the year of the Sims killers… what the hell happened?

Inzoi's delay into 2025 has officially dashed all hope of this being the year of the Sims killers… what the hell happened?

The Sims continues to hold a monopoly over the genre despite everyone very much wanting the opposite.

Life sim game Paralives will launch in early access in 2025 with frequent updates that will ‘always remain free’

Life sim game Paralives will launch in early access in 2025 with frequent updates that will ‘always remain free’

Paralives will launch in early access on Steam in 2025, with free updates to come even after its full release.

Paralives will enter early access in 2025 and will never have paid DLCs, only free expansions

Paralives will enter early access in 2025 and will never have paid DLCs, only free expansions

Paralives shows off its live mode features with group activities and "together cards."

The developer of Sims competitor Paralives adds over 800 new items to the upcoming life sim - including an anime body pillow

The developer of Sims competitor Paralives adds over 800 new items to the upcoming life sim - including an anime body pillow

We'll be getting an update on live mode "soon"

7 upcoming cosy games we can't wait to play

7 upcoming cosy games we can't wait to play

From Haunted Chocolatier to Paralives — we can't wait for these upcoming titles

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Paralives has a key advantage over The Sims - characters who can use the bathroom by themselves

Parafolk have a bit more autonomy than Sims

The next generation of The Sims will finally have some much-needed competition

The long-dominant life sim will finally get some competition in its next generation.

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