For over 20 years, The Sims has reigned supreme. In the world of life simulation, there's the Maxis license, and then a few productions that nibble away at its mechanics here and there, but no full-fledged game. That was before. Now, there's InZoi, which was released in early access in such a state that the hype around it quickly died down, and everyone went back to The Sims 4. But the real competitor to the undisputed life-sim champion isn't it. It's an independent production in development for several years, which has all the necessary charm and cozy feel-good factor to come and attack EA on its own turf. Its name: Paralives, and it finally has a release date.
The Sims like Paralives has its release date
It has been catching the eye of many fans for a long time with its pencil-like artistic direction, its cozy atmosphere and its mechanics that take everything that is good about The Sims 4. With each gameplay video, each speech, Paralives has hit the mark. It only lacked one thing: a release date for its early access. This has now been done at the PC Gaming Show, Summer Game Fest 2025 edition. The real competitor to the life simulation leader has thus confirmed its arrival on PC from December 8, 2025. This early access will be charged €39.99 for the duration of its early access, after which the independent studio plans to increase the price knowing that all updates will be free and that no paid DLC will ever see the light of day.
When it launches in early access, Paralives will already have enough mechanics to keep you busy for a while, unlike inZoi, which rushed into it at the risk of burning its wings. Here's everything that's in this early access and everything that's coming a little after.
All content available at Paralives launch and what's planned
Live Mode
Available at early access launch access
- Open World
- Day and Night Cycle
- Work
- Career Progression
- Personality Traits
- Emotions
- Needs
- Skills
- Wants
- Social Interactions
- Relationship Development
- Multiple Character Selection and the Ability to Do Anything in Groups
- Cooking System
- Burning Houses
- Bills
- Aging and Death
- Character Autonomy
- Shops and Restaurants
- Museums and Collections
- Mods to Add and Edit Paralives Content
Will be available during early access, later
- Calendar
- Family Tree
- Dogs, Cats, and Horses
- Cars and Bikes
- Boats with the ability to live in them
- Ability to swim
- Story progression for NPCs
- Gardening and Fishing
- Ability to organize social events (weddings, parties, etc.)
- Tools for editing and creating towns
- More personality traits, desires, emotions, jobs, etc.
Build Mode
Available at early access launch
- Color Wheel for everything
- Flexible wall placement tools (curved and any angle)
- Optional grid for wall placement
- Multi-level platforms
- Multiple floors
- Moving existing walls
- Resizing objects
- Stairs and roof placement
- Fences
Available later
- Advanced roof tools
- Advanced stair tools
- Ability to place windows and doors on curved walls
- Tools for creating basements
- Swimming pools
- More objects and furniture
Paralives Character Creator
Available at the launch of early access
- Color wheel for everything
- Size slider
- Face and body sliders
- Tattoos with placement tools
- Multiple layers of clothing (a t-shirt under a jacket for example)
- Asymmetry (for eye colors, socks, etc.)
- Genetics system
Will be available during early access later
- Create and manage multiple outfits
- Create pets in Paramaker (equivalent to CAS in The Sims 4)
- Edit Para genetics with advanced tools
- More clothes, hair, and accessories
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