Paralives: Steam reviews, players & page score
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Paralives at a glance
Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
- Price
- $39.99
- Release
- May 25, 2026
- Steam reviews
- 20,803 reviews, 78% positive recently
- Playing now
- 874 players
- Followers
- 275,505
- Demo
- No
- Developer
- Alex Massé and team
- Languages
- 8 (English, French, Italian, German…)
Games like Paralives
Similar games: screenshots 108/255 · 2 trailers · 12 languages
ParalivesAlex Massé and team · 20 tags · 6 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Simulation & Management · Cozy & Relaxing · Open World & Sandbox
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Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 4 ISSUES
highLow contrast: shapes merge when small+2 pts
Brightness spread 37 (good capsules sit above 55).
Push value contrast: dark background, bright subject, outlined logo. Check it in grayscale.
mediumBroad tags rank above your real genre+1 pts
Top five tags include Simulation, Indie.
Encourage players to tag your real genre, and use your developer tags on the specific ones.
lowCould use more screenshots+1 pts
6 screenshots.
Aim for 8 to 12.
lowOpens with the game's name+1 pts
Starts "Paralives is a…", which wastes the first words.
Open with what the player does instead.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 164/255, contrast 37, colorfulness 155, 0% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 80 · long 98
Short description · 141 / 300Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Opens with the game's name. Starts "Paralives is a…", which wastes the first words.
A rewritten draft built from your own words is in the full report.
Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- warn78% positive recent reviews.
- warnTop five tags include Simulation, Indie.
- warn8 languages; similar games support 12.
- ok3 trailers.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok12 GIFs or clips in the long description.
- okDiscord, X, website linked.
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 12 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 141 of 300 characters
- ✓ 3 trailers
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- ✓ Score + 9 sections
- ✓ Measured screenshots
- ✓ Funnel diagnosis
- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ Full report included
- ✓ Real wishlists + sales
- ✓ Daily rival tracking
- ✓ Pro dashboard
- ✓ All fixes, ranked
- ✓ Description draft
- ✓ Screenshot order
- ✓ No tracking
- ✓ 25 games
- ✓ White-label PDF
- ✓ Read-only API
- ✓ 8 jury tests a month
YouTubers & streamers who play Paralives
12 YouTube channels named Paralives in a video title in the last few months. Making a game like this? These creators already have an audience for it.
- lilsimsie YouTube · 2.2M subscribers“Building a *HALLOWEEN* house in Paralives! 👻” · Oct 31, 2026
- CarynandConnieGaming YouTube · 1.3M subscribers“the roof totally worked and we never had a problem with it (don’t check the full video) #paralives” · Nov 6, 2026
- Devon Bumpkin YouTube · 156K subscribers“TINY HOMES ARE BACK! | Let's Build A Tiny French Château | Paralives” · Nov 6, 2026
- Simmer Erin YouTube · 44K subscribers“BREAKING: PIF To Buy Unity?? (Engine Paralives Uses)” · Nov 6, 2026
- paralemons YouTube · 11K subscribers“Why People Are Talking About Paralives And Unity Right Now” · Nov 7, 2026
- Superior Simmer YouTube · 9.5K subscribers“PARALIVES JUST REVEALED SOMETHING HUGE!” · Nov 2, 2026
- Syd Mac ♡ YouTube · 522K subscribers“Can I Build 2 TREEHOUSE MANSIONS in Paralives?” · Sep 21, 2026
- IGN YouTube · 20M subscribers“Paralives - Official Early Access Gameplay Trailer” · May 19, 2026
- Gonz YouTube · 188K subscribers“Paralives Has A Para-Problem #Paralives” · Aug 17, 2026
- CozyMarccu YouTube · 902 subscribers“Why I Haven't Given Up on Paralives” · Oct 20, 2026
- Let's Game It Out YouTube · 6.5M subscribers“I Made This Guy Give Birth to Over 150 Kids in Paralives” · Jun 28, 2026
- Call Me Kevin YouTube · 3.7M subscribers“I tried to ruin Paralives...it got weird fast” · Jun 27, 2026
From the YouTube Data API and Twitch API. Only videos whose title names the game, or streams filed under its Twitch category, are counted. StoreCheck isn't affiliated with YouTube, Twitch or Valve.
Paralives: common questions
Is Paralives on Steam?
Yes. Paralives is on Steam (app ID 1118520) at store.steampowered.com/app/1118520.
When did Paralives come out?
Paralives was released on Steam on May 25, 2026.
How much does Paralives cost on Steam?
Paralives costs $39.99 on Steam in the US. Regional prices differ.
Are Paralives's Steam reviews good?
Paralives has 20,803 Steam reviews and 78% of recent reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).
Does Paralives have a demo?
There was no demo on Paralives's Steam page when we last checked.
Who made Paralives?
Paralives is made by Alex Massé and team and published by Paralives Studio.
What kind of game is Paralives?
Steam players tag it Life Sim, Character Customization, Simulation, Building, Indie. Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Which YouTubers and streamers play Paralives?
Recent Paralives videos and streams include lilsimsie (YouTube), CarynandConnieGaming (YouTube), Devon Bumpkin (YouTube), Simmer Erin (YouTube), paralemons (YouTube). StoreCheck lists 12 of them on this page, with subscriber counts and their latest Paralives video.
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.