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Paralives
A cozy life simulation about building homes and shaping the lives of your characters. You design houses with freeform building tools, customize people in detail and watch relationships and daily routines play out in a colorful, open neighborhood. It is played solo and leans relaxed and family friendly. Is it your kind of game?
Life simHome buildingCozyPC
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68%
6 ratings
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89%
20,208 reviews
Fits you if
you want a relaxed life sim where building and decorating homes is the main draw.
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you want fast action or hard challenges.
Availability
Where to play
Steam
$39.99
Facts
- Platforms
- PC
- Release date
- May 25, 2026
- Difficulty
- 1/5 (estimated)
- Genres
- Simulator · Indie
- Themes
- Sandbox · Open world
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Modes
- Solo only
- Languages
- 3 languages
- Text in your language
- Yes
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Microtransactions
- None
Frequently asked questions
- Which platforms is Paralives on?
- Paralives is available on PC.
- Does Paralives have co-op?
- No, Paralives is single-player only.
- Does Paralives run on Steam Deck?
- Unsupported
- What does Paralives cost?
- $39.99 on Steam.
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