Life by You the Sims-like from Paradox delayed until June

By Liam Dawe - 5 February 2024 at 2:05 pm UTC

Life by You from Paradox Tectonic / Paradox Interactive has suffered a fresh delay and will now not hit Early Access until June. Originally planned to launch in September last year, it moved to March this year and now moved again to June 4th.

What actually is it: very much a The Sims like game but designed for a fully open-world and highly moddable. The full open-world with no loading screens and real-language conversations set it quite apart from EA's long-running series.

Paradox Tectonic's General Manager, Rod Humble, announced it in a video below

YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. View cookie preferences.
Accept Cookies & Show Direct Link

You can see their previous Let's Play below for an early look:

YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. View cookie preferences.
Accept Cookies & Show Direct Link

Like a lot of recent Paradox games, it will only be officially available for Windows. Hopefully it will run nicely with Proton so we can get some Life by You on Linux / Steam Deck without too much fuss. Although since it will be Early Access, rough edges are to be expected.

Will it dethrone The Sims 4 though? It still sees regular content updates and on Steam it sees well over 40,000 players peak each day but I'm sure plenty of The Sims fans will be checking it out eager for something different.

Is it something you'll be trying?

Follow the game on Steam.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Early Access, Proton, Paradox Interactive, Simulation, Steam, Upcoming

6 Likes

About the author - Liam Dawe

I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly.
See more from me

Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:

Get a fresh look at Half-Life 2 RTX in a new video plus the Steam page is now live

The BenQ beCreatus GR10 USB4 Steam Deck Dock is simply great

Complex 2D train management sim Iron Roads hits Early Access in January 2025

AYANEO continue teasing the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld

3 comments

pb Feb 5

Link

Sims-like is a dream game for Paradox, because they can spawn a zillion DLCs, it was just a matter of time, lol.

15 Likes, Who?

neon_soaked_chryssalid Feb 5

Link

View PC info

Disappointing that it's been delayed again, but hopefully the extra time in the oven will result in a less buggy launch. My expectation is that I'll probably like parts of it better than the Sims, but I'll end up wishing for a combination of them both! It's going to have tons of DLC though, you can almost guarantee it. I'm hoping they don't hobble the base game like EA did with the Sims 4.

2 Likes, Who?

StoneColdSpider Feb 6

Link

View PC info

Oh man The Sims..... That brings back some memories...... I use to stay up till the early morning hours playing The Sims while either listening to the crazy people on the talk back radio or listening to the police scanner..... Those were the good old days.......

I hope that Life by You can recapture the awesomeness that was the first two Sims games....... Will be keeping on that for sure........

1 Likes, Who?

While you're here, please consider supporting GamingOnLinux on:

Reward Tiers: Patreon. Plain Donations:

PayPal.

This ensures all of our main content remains totally free for everyone! Patreon supporters can also remove all adverts and sponsors! Supporting us helps bring good, fresh content. Without your continued support, we simply could not continue!

You can find even more ways to support us on this dedicated page any time. If you already are, thank you!