The Evolution of Paralives
Follow every update, improvement, and fix as Paralives grows throughout Early Access. Whether it's a major gameplay addition, a new building feature, or a tiny bug fix that makes everyday play smoother, you'll find the complete evolution of the game here.
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This was last updated: 6-24-2026.
JUN
24
2026
1 Mil Milestone
The Paralives team announced in late June that after a month of early access, they hit 1,000,000 copies sold. It's amazing to see this indie game get so much support. Check out their reported stats.
JUN
18
2026
Patch 0.1.4 is out
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Improvements
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This patch is mostly quality-of-life cleanup, with better mod browsing, more save-system work, fixes for cooking, relationships and everyday Para behavior. It also brings the Unpacking collab house into the lot library for everyone to use.
Official Patch Notes ➝ Here
The Unpacking-inspired house is now available in the lot library.
Steam Workshop mods and custom content can now use tags for easier browsing.
More save-system improvements were made to help prevent unloadable saves.
Finished meals go into inventory if there’s no counter space instead of disappearing.
Randomizing outfits no longer randomly adds eyebags and wrinkles.
Relationship wants should make more sense for Paras who are already engaged or together.
Try for Baby now only appears for applicable couples.
Toddlers should no longer randomly use kid animations and distort their faces.
Paintings stored in inventory keep their value.
JUN
6
2026
Patch 0.1.3 is out
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Improvements
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This patch adds the first real batch of new gameplay features, including the Unpacking collab, group eating and teen romance. It also continues improvements for fires, saves and everyday Para behavior.
Official Patch Notes ➝ Here
The Paralives x Unpacking collab adds collectible stamps, objects and Unpacking on computers.
Paras can now grab portions and eat together as a group.
Teens can flirt and have romantic relationships with other teens.
A new accessibility setting controls how quickly obstructing buildings and trees fade away.
Telescopes now increase the astronomy skill.
Firefighters should react faster and no longer show up in ridiculous numbers.
Paras will properly sit on nearby couches when watching TV.
The Clean the Beach request can finally be completed.
Bills should no longer be wildly expensive because of water usage.
Support for Steam Workshop setups with more than 50 mods was fixed.
MAY
29
2026
Patch 0.1.2 is out
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Early Access gets its first round of fixes! This patch is mostly about stability and cleaning up frustrating Early Access bugs, with a big focus on making fires less chaotic. Saves, loading, pathfinding and several small Para behaviors also got some useful fixes.
Official Patch Notes ➝ Here
Townie pathfinding was improved to help with lag spikes.
Randomizing in Paramaker should no longer result in a surprise naked Para.
Hungry Paras will actually buy food from vending machines now.
Tired Paras can finally sleep on long chairs.
No more getting embarrassed about sleeping or using the toilet outside.
Chinese characters can now be used for Para names and other text fields.
A divider was added to the Paramaker train windows to help with motion sickness.
MAY
25
2026
Early Access releases
Paralives entered Early Access on May 25, 2026, after seven years of development. What began as Alex Massé’s solo project in 2019 grew into a 15-person indie studio, funded largely by Patreon with no publisher or outside investors. More than 250,000 copies sold in the first 8 hours. (insane)
