Image credit: Paralives Studio

Paralives , originally slated for release in 2025, is now right around the corner with an early access launch slated for May 25th next week. So what better a way to whet the appetite than with a nice lengthy look at the game in action, right from making your own Sims- sorry, Paras, through to overseeing their entire lives.

When booting up a game of Paralives, you'll find yourself on a train filled with various households, i.e. groups of people connected to one another through familial ties or otherwise, akin to The Sims ' premade families. You do, of course, have the option to make your own household, and making your own Paras looks plenty involved too. That micro-adjustable height slider certainly looks like a welcome quality of life feature not present in its soon to be rival.

Watch on YouTube

Another difference from The Sims is the presence of a sort of difficulty setting, where you choose a storyteller to help dictate how much chaos you want in your Paras' lives.…