THE FUSE

For over 20 years, the Sims franchise has been the king of the life-sim hill. But Paralives, out now in early access, seems like a game ready to shakeup the leaderboards. Paralives started as a project from solo dev Alex Massé, who’s known for his work on PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator. Massé launched a Patreon to fund the new game, grew his team to create Paralives Studios, and has plugged away at development until launching in early access on May 25th.