Paralives

Paralives is a sandbox life simulation game in the simulation genre, and it is currently in Early Access. You guide Parafolks, the game's characters, through a town that responds to the choices you make. The store description frames the experience around choice: whether you focus on a career, finding love, building a family, or becoming the richest person in town, the story is yours to write. Twists and forks in the road are part of the design, so no two lives need to play out the same way.

The core loop revolves around creating and living. You start with the Paramaker, an advanced character creator where you adjust height, facial and body features, outfits, and personality. Then you furnish homes using an ever-evolving catalog of furniture, decor, and clutter. You can resize, recolor, stack, and place items freely, and the grid-less construction supports curved walls and split-level floors. That flexibility means you can recreate a real house or build something as ambitious as an eight-story mansion.

The setting is an open-world town with shops, parks, restaurants, and museums to explore. Parafolks have personality traits, skills, wants, needs, and emotions, and you can find love, make friends, or make enemies. You can also select multiple Parafolks and do things as a group. Over time they grow up, have children, and live long lives, so the town feels like it changes with the people in it.

What stands out most is the modding support and the relaxed pace. An in-game modding interface lets you edit or add content, and Steam Workshop gives you access to community-made mods, houses, and Parafolks. The game does not require fast reactions and includes a mouse-only option. The developers have also pledged more content during Early Access and after, including weather and seasons, pets, vehicles, pools, and gardening.

• The Paramaker lets you adjust height, facial and body features, outfits, and personality for every Parafolk you create.
• Grid-less building tools support curved walls, split-level floors, and furniture you can resize, recolor, and stack freely.
• An open-world town with shops, parks, restaurants, and museums gives you plenty of places to explore beyond your own home.
• Parafolks have personality traits, skills, wants, needs, and emotions, and you can pursue love, friendship, or rivalry.
• An in-game modding interface and Steam Workshop support let you add and share community mods, houses, and Parafolks.
• Quality-of-life options include a mouse-only control scheme, adjustable difficulty, adjustable text size, and saving at any time.

Paralives holds a Steam review label of 極度好評 (Very Positive), with 90 percent of its reviews positive across tens of thousands of reviews. That positive share sits in the upper band of Steam's ratings, just below the 95 percent threshold that earns Overwhelmingly Positive. Because the review volume is large, the score is a fairly stable signal of how most players feel.

Early Access reviews often reflect a game that is still being built, so it helps to weigh the score against the current feature set and the planned roadmap. Ratings can also shift as updates arrive and more systems are added. A high percentage paired with a large number of reviews is generally a more dependable guide than a score based on a small sample.

All prices below are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. The game is currently NT$ 599, which is its regular price, and no discount is active at the moment. The lowest price we have recorded is NT$ 479, a 20 percent discount that appeared on 2026-08-07. Discounts have been frequent in our record, but we have not recorded any free-to-keep period for this game.

Because the current price matches the highest price we have recorded, it sits at the top of our range. Our price record is still short, so any verdict here is tentative. Given how often the game has been discounted, waiting on the wishlist for a sale is a reasonable approach if you are not in a rush.

If you want to play now and the game fits your interests, paying NT$ 599 is a defensible choice, especially since the Early Access content is still expanding. If you prefer to save money, keep an eye on the price and buy when a discount appears.

1. Sign in to Steam on the website or in the desktop client and open the Paralives store page.
2. Check the current Taiwan Steam price of NT$ 599 and decide whether to buy now or wait.
3. To buy it now, click the purchase option and complete checkout with your preferred payment method.
4. To wait, add Paralives to your wishlist from the store page.
5. Turn on Steam's wishlist sale notifications so you hear about discounts without checking manually.
6. Check back here for the price trend before you make your final decision.

Paralives supports Simplified Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Latin America), but Traditional Chinese is not on the list. The game does not carry an adult content flag, so no adult content warning applies. All prices here are Taiwan-region Steam store prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions or currencies. Because the game is in Early Access, features and content may change before the full release. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.