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Press release:
(San Francisco, CA) – April 30, 2024.
The Stockholm-based (Sweden) indie games publisher and game developer Paradox Interactive today announced that their highly-anticipated Life Sim game, “Life by You“, is now coming to PC (through Steam and EGS) via Early Access on June 4th, 2024.

Previously slated for March 5, 2024, the additional time has given the team time to put the finishing touches on the visuals for its human characters and to improve gameplay further. Players can add Life by You to their Steam and Epic Store wishlist.

Life by You is a life simulation game with the creative freedom to tell unlimited storytelling possibilities. Players can design and live out the lives of the humans they create in an open-game world where everything is customizable. Players create their households, build their homes, and tell life’s many stories. With natural language conversation and the ability to switch from third-person to direct control gameplay, players will connect with their characters on an emotional level. The game will come with deep Creator and Editor tools like Character Creator, Object Designer, Language Trees, and more, and all are available to players so they can MOD and adapt the game to fit their story.

“At the core of Life by You is the player community,” said Rod Humble, general manager of Paradox Tectonic.

“We’ve created a sandbox where players can tell whatever story they want. From deeply personal, esoteric, or fan fiction, they can live life to the fullest – or break the rules as they see fit!”

In-game, players can:

Tell rich stories: This world is your sandbox. Create your humans, or play anyone within it—swap control at any time with any character you encounter. You can climb a career ladder, choose to be a misfit, fall in love as often as you change your clothes, or explore your sexuality. Tell stories that are important to you.

Explore and discover an open world: Drive, bike, scoot, or walk to get around the world. Along the way, collect seashells, wildflowers, and gems. Strike up real-language conversations with any human in-games.

Empower creativity with deep creative tools: Use extensive Creator and Editor Tools to change the gameplay anytime. Tailor build a world to play in or share your creations on the Paradox Mods.

Build and fully customize humans and environments: Design a dream home from scratch or renovate existing buildings. Customize your human with a fully featured character creator, including deep personality and character traits.

ABOUT PARADOX INTERACTIVE
Paradox Interactive is one of the premier developers and publishers of strategy and management games for PC and consoles. The players are located worldwide, but some of the biggest markets are North America, Western Europe, and Asia. The game portfolio comprises popular franchises such as Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, the Surviving games, Age of Wonders, and Victoria. Paradox Interactive also owns the World of Darkness brand catalog. For more information, please visit www.paradoxinteractive.com.

ABOUT PARADOX TECTONIC
Life by You is developed by Paradox Tectonic, a game development studio formed in 2019 by Paradox Interactive. Paradox Tectonic is led by Rod Humble and comprises veteran game development talent dedicated to building games that enable creativity, freedom, emotion, and sharing. The studio is committed to working with the players, making Life by You’s Early Access a shared experience where the community’s feedback will impact on priorities, content ideas, and development as the team brings the game to full launch.