Paradox Officially Cancels Its Long-Delayed The Sims Competitor Life by You
Paradox Interactive announced that its long-delayed The Sims-style life sim Life by You is officially canceled in a post on their website today.
Life by You was initially announced in May of 2023. At the time, an early access release was planned for September of that year. It was initially delayed to May of 2024, then in February, Paradox announced an additional delay, pushing Life by You's Early Access release to June 4th. Two weeks before the June 4 release, it was delayed again, this time without a release date, because, in the words of Paradox Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja, "additional time [was] needed."
Paradox Interactive released a statement from CEO Fredrik Wester explaining the decision on its website. The full statement is as follows:
Life by You's cancelation marks the latest in what has been, by Paradox's own admission, a years-long rough patch that has affected their last few games and development process. Cities Skylines 2 had a disasterous launch that Paradox is still trying to sort out more than eight months after release, and Steam reviews for the city builder remain mixed.
Jail sim Prison Architect 2 has also been the victim of numerous delays, the most recent of which pushed the release date back to September due to "unexpected issues occurring too often.” The Paradox-published Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has also endured a troubled development that has seen several years of delays, the depature or firing of several senior staff, and, ultimately, a change in developers. Thankfully, it seems to be back on track after new gameplay footage was revealed in January.
The publisher's most recent release, the Ironclad Games-developed Sins of a Solar Empire 2, dropped it's Early Access label earlier this year ahead of its planned August Steam release. In our review, we said "Sins of a Solar Empire 2 is a faithful follow-up to a beloved strategy game, but it is still in a buggy and clearly unfinished state despite its stealth launch out of early
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