Paralives is gearing up to be one of 2026’s most notable competitors for the life simulation crown, giving us an entire town to explore, the freedom to create and customize our characters, alongside a host of other parafolk to meet, befriend, or antagonize. This article gathers all the details on the life sim’s patches, along with what we know about its 2026 update roadmap.
Below, you’ll find the full patch notes for the latest Paralives update as well as a list of its previous patches’ dates, so you can get a sense of how the title has evolved over the course of its Steam Early Access journey.
Paralives Patch Notes
Paralives is set to enter Steam Early Access on May 25, so it has yet to receive any patches.
Publisher Paralives Studio has, however, shared a list of features we can expect for its launch, which you’ll find listed below:
Live Mode
- Open-world town
- Work (rabbit holes) & career progression
- Personality traits, emotions, needs, wants, skills
- Relationship development
- Aging & death, having children
- Character autonomy
- Doing anything as a group
- Shops, restaurants, museums
- Cooking system
- Bills, house fires
- Modding tools
Build Mode
- Color wheel for everything
- Flexible wall placement tools (curved and at any angle)
- Optional grid for wall placement
- Split-level platforms
- Building multiple floors
- Moving existing walls
- Object resizing
- Stairs & roof placement
- Fences
Paramaker
- Color wheel for everything
- Height slider
- Body & face sliders
- Tattoo placement tool
- Layering and mixing of tops
- Asymmetry (for eye color, socks, and more)
- Genetics system
Paralives Roadmap of Updates for 2026
The post linked above also delves into features planned to be deployed during Paralives’ stay in early access. Although they’re not assigned any dates, some will likely make it into the life sim as part of its 2026 roadmap.
Those mentioned include seasons, swimming, NPC story progression, advanced roof and stairs tools, alongside the ability to create pets.
Below, you’ll find a list of all the patches the title receives throughout the year as they go live following its May 25, 2026 launch.
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