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Paralives

Paralives

Alex Massé and team · released May 24, 2026

SimulationEarly AccessPC

Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?

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EA
Early Access · not scored yet

A work in progress doesn't get a VGC Score. When 1.0 ships, it's scored completely fresh: we judge the game that ships, not the road there. Until then, here's how the Early Access run is going:

■Stable
90%
Recommend
88%
Now
70%
Player sentiment
3mo
In EA
18
Updates 90d

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

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Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 85
    KeenGamerKeenGamer
    trust 53May 26, 2026

    “Anybody who has spent countless hours into a life simulation game before may just love Paralives. You are able to play this game however you like. Focus on creating several diverse types of Parafolks and homes with an impressive customization suite among a solid gameplay foundation. The biggest hurdle to Paralives right now is the fact that it's an Early Access title that is still incomplete, with more work needing to be done in Live Mode to definitively feel like the best in its market. Despite that, the massive amount of potential already present here makes Paralives a game that fans of the life simulation genre should check out. [Early Access Score = 85]”

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Patch history

  1. Hotfix 0.1.8b
    Aug 28, 2026
  2. Patch 0.1.8 is Now Available!
    Aug 24, 2026
  3. Patch Notes 0.1.8
    Aug 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Hotfix 0.1.7c
    Aug 11, 2026
  5. Hotfix 0.1.7b
    Aug 10, 2026
  6. New Quality of Life Patch is Out Now! 0.1.7
    Aug 10, 2026
  7. Patch Notes 0.1.7
    Aug 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Hotfix 0.1.6b
    Jul 17, 2026
  9. Patch 0.1.6 is Now Available!
    Jul 16, 2026
  10. Patch Notes 0.1.6
    Jul 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. New Patch is Out Now! 0.1.5
    Jul 2, 2026
  12. Patch Notes 0.1.5
    Jul 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. Hotfix 0.1.4b
    Jun 19, 2026
  14. New Patch Out Now! 0.1.4
    Jun 18, 2026
  15. Patch Notes 0.1.4
    Jun 18, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. Hotfix 0.1.3b
    Jun 12, 2026
  17. New Patch Out Now! 0.1.3
    Jun 6, 2026
  18. Patch Notes 0.1.3
    Jun 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  19. Hotfix 0.1.2b
    Jun 1, 2026
  20. Our First Patch Is Out Now!
    May 29, 2026
  21. Patch Notes 0.1.2
    May 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. The Full Paralives Development Roadmap + April Dev Update
    May 3, 2022
  23. March Dev Update + Community Brainstorming: Needs
    Apr 5, 2022
  24. February Dev Update + Community Brainstorming: Town Services
    Mar 8, 2022
  25. January Dev Update + Sneak Peek at Spin Animation
    Feb 3, 2022
  26. 📢 Video Update: Skin color wheel, tattoo placement and more!
    Dec 14, 2021