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Paradox Interactive, the company behind Cities: Skylines and Crusader Kings, announced that after numerous delays it has decided to cancel development of Life By You, its highly anticipated Sims-like game. Originally announced in March 2023, Life By You looked like a promising new take on the life-management genre that is mostly dominated by EA’s long-running Sims franchise. While the first trailer for Life By You looked a lot like The Sims, Paradox Interactive promised that its spin on the genre would feature even more customization.

Players would be able to not only change their clothing, appearance, and homes, but also to customize and control conversations and even career paths. Paradox Interactive also promised that Life By You would be highly moddable, too. However, players won’t get a chance to mod or play the life sim.



On June 17 , Paradox Interactive announced that Life By You had officially been canceled. In a statement posted on Paradox’s official forums , the company’s deputy CEO Mattias Lilja confirmed the news. “This was an incredibly difficult call to make and is a clear failure on Paradox’s part to meet both our own and the community’s expectations,” said Lilja.

The deputy CEO further explained: Life by You has been in the works for a long time and we’ve been very excited about the promise and the potential of this game. Our hope was always that it would be able to leave a mark in this exciting and new genre for us. That’s why we’ve opted.

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