Games like Paralives
If Paralives is your kind of game, the closest matches are HADALYTH ZERO, Tiny Life and Welcome: A Cozy Estuary — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Paralives is a life simulation game developed by Alex Massé and team, set for release in 2026 and currently available in early access at $35.99. The sandbox experience centers on building homes, customizing characters, and crafting personal stories in an open world environment. Players and reviewers describe the gameplay as relaxing and casual, praising the freedom to shape narratives at one's own pace. The title has earned a 91% positive rating from over 14,000 Steam reviews, indicating strong player satisfaction with its simulation mechanics and creative scope.
About Paralives: Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Players who liked Paralives also play
Steam players who put hours into Paralives also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
HADALYTH ZERO
WHY THIS
Top pick for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
HADALYTH ZERO is a penguin-based multiplayer fishing chatroom game with fleshed out life-sim mechanics. Catch hundreds of unique fish, customize your penguin, complete objectives, and hangout with people.
Tiny Life
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Paralives.
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
Welcome: A Cozy Estuary
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Welcome to the Cozy Estuary! A unique habitat teeming with biodiversity awaits! Help this small community grow and thrive. Explore a story-rich world and build your perfect home. Craft, cultivate, decorate, and innovate to grow your neighborhood and bring the town together.
Farmwand
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Paralives.
Immerse yourself in the enchanted world of Farmwand, where cozy farming meets magic, wonder and daring adventures! Master dozens of spells, brew powerful potions and meet unforgettable characters as you explore this vibrant open-world full of stories and secrets...either alone or with a friend!
Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Effortlessly build and automate intricate railroads and deliver goods to meet the demands of a dynamic world! Make clever use of signals and signposts to avoid traffic jams, and watch your villages blossom into bustling towns in this cozy take on the train tycoon genre.
MakeRoom
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Build rooms, gardens, and camper vans with 1,100+ objects and the ability to make your own furniture from scratch. Learn with gentle design requests, then relax and create at your own pace.
Leafy Corner
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Run a cute little plant shop in this cozy and relaxing game. Grow, sell, and care for a variety of real-life plants, help customers find their dream plants, complete orders, and customize your cozy shop just the way you like!
Trash Goblin
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Paralives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Paralives at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Paralives.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Paralives.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Paralives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tiny Life
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Paralives.
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Effortlessly build and automate intricate railroads and deliver goods to meet the demands of a dynamic world! Make clever use of signals and signposts to avoid traffic jams, and watch your villages blossom into bustling towns in this cozy take on the train tycoon genre.
MakeRoom
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Build rooms, gardens, and camper vans with 1,100+ objects and the ability to make your own furniture from scratch. Learn with gentle design requests, then relax and create at your own pace.
Leafy Corner
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
Run a cute little plant shop in this cozy and relaxing game. Grow, sell, and care for a variety of real-life plants, help customers find their dream plants, complete orders, and customize your cozy shop just the way you like!
Trash Goblin
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Paralives.
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Frequently asked about Paralives
- Does Paralives work on Steam Deck?
- Paralives is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Paralives cost?
- Paralives is listed on Steam at 35.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Paralives?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paralives are HADALYTH ZERO, Tiny Life, Welcome: A Cozy Estuary.
- Who developed Paralives?
- Paralives was developed by Alex Massé and team and published by Paralives Studio.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Paralives.
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