Highlights
- Life By You, a life simulation recreation from Paradox, has been cancelled as a result of developmental challenges.
- Paradox’s deputy CEO expressed disappointment within the choices.
- Gamers now have to search out different rivals to The Sims.
Life By You, Paradox Interactive’s foray into the life simulation style, has been cancelled. This disappointing information was delivered by Paradox’s deputy CEO Mattias Lilja by way of a submit on the corporate’s boards.
Life By You had been delayed thrice, first from September 2023 to March 2024, then to June, earlier than what turned out to be a ultimate indefinite delay. In accordance with Lilja, Life By You was “missing in some key areas” and the highway in the direction of launch was “far too lengthy and unsure.”
Life By Me? Not Anymore
“Life By You has been within the works for a very long time and we have been very excited concerning the promise and potential of this recreation,” the submit reads. “Our hope was at all times that it will be capable of go away a mark on this thrilling and style for us. That is why we have opted to delay it twice, to present the studio and recreation a good shot at realising the potential we noticed. For every delay we made, we have seen incremental enhancements, which in hindsight could nicely have led us to deal with particulars reasonably than the entire image.”

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“Life By You had various strengths and the arduous work of a devoted workforce that went into realising them. Nonetheless, after we come to some extent the place we imagine extra time won’t get us shut sufficient to a model we might be glad with, then we imagine it’s higher to cease. That is clearly powerful and disappointing for everybody who poured their time and enthusiasm into this venture, particularly when out resolution comes so late within the course of.”
Lilja goes on to say that video games are tough to get proper, however they will be trying “lengthy and arduous” about what went improper so the studio learns from its errors. You possibly can learn the total submit right here.
Life By You was touted as a competitor to The Sims, the life simulation behemoth from Maxis that has dominated the style for over twenty years. With the experience of a studio identified for systems-based video games in Paradox, there was numerous pleasure to see what an alternative choice to The Sims might appear like.
With the sudden cancellation of Life By You, gamers should look elsewhere for a reputable competitor to The Sims. There are a few tasks within the works, like inZOI from Krafton, or Midsummer Studios’ untitled life simulator.

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