Codes vs cheats — the short answer
Paralives has one console with one set of commands. Search engines and Reddit threads use 'paralives codes', 'paralives cheats', 'paralives commands', and 'paralives console commands' to mean the same thing. This page indexes them by intent; the full reference index is at /cheats.
- Codes = community shorthand for cheat commands.
- Cheats = the official term used by the Paralives team.
- Console commands = the technical name. Same set of commands.
- All three terms reach the same console with the same shortcut.
By intent
Six groups, what each one is for
Pick the row that matches what you want to do. Each card lists the three or four codes most players reach for first, then links into the full reference.
Money codes
Add Paradimes, clear bills, set the household balance. Eight commands; PIGGYBANK and MAKEITRAIN cover 80% of typical use.
PIGGYBANK, MAKEITRAIN, JACKPOT, PRINTMONEY 50000
Skill codes
Bump a skill by one level or pin it to a target. Useful for testing builds or unlocking career promotions.
LEVELUPSKILL Guitar, SETSKILLLEVEL Cooking 10
Need codes
Refill hunger, energy, comfort, hygiene, social, fun. Single-need or all-at-once variants.
RELIEFALLNEEDS, RELIEFNEED Hunger, SETNEED Energy 100
World and time codes
Skip hours, change weather, fast-forward to before the next shift. Useful for running long playthroughs in shorter sessions.
ADVANCEHOUR, SETHOUR 5, SKIPTO5MINUTESBEFOREWORK
Build codes
Toggle developer build flags, repair every prop, unspoil food. Helpful when prototyping a save before a long playthrough.
TOGGLEEDITTOWN, REPAIRALLITEMS, UNSPOILALLITEMS
Debug and meta codes
Print FPS, save with one keystroke, unstick a Para. The codes most often pinned in Discord answer threads.
FPS, SAVE, UNSTUCK, HELP
Open the console
Two shortcuts, two platforms
The shortcut differs by OS. Both shortcuts open the same console; the codes typed in are identical.
Press Ctrl+F1, or Ctrl+Shift+C.
Press Cmd+F1, or Cmd+Shift+C. See the full Mac guide for fn-row and Apple Silicon notes.
Are codes safe?
Paralives has no Steam achievements to lose
The Early Access build ships no Steam achievements at all — the store page has no achievement list and Steam's achievement schema for the game is empty. So the honest answer to 'do cheats disable achievements' is that there is nothing to disable. Typing a code also doesn't flag the save or show a 'cheats used' banner; the team designed the console as a player tool.
Watch this space when achievements do land: the studio has not said whether a future build will add them, or whether console use would be tracked. Until then, the only thing a risky command can cost you is a save — which is what the save-safe note on every row is for.
FAQ — what people actually ask
- Is 'paralives codes' the same as 'paralives cheats'?
- Yes. The Paralives team uses 'cheats' on the official store page; players use 'codes' on Reddit, Discord and YouTube. Same console, same commands.
- Where is the full list of Paralives codes?
- On the cheats hub at /cheats. Filterable by category, with descriptions for every command and parameter. 100+ codes in EA build 0.1.7c.
- Do Paralives codes work on Mac?
- Yes. Use Cmd+F1 instead of Ctrl+F1 to open the console; everything after that is identical to Windows.
- What does 'PRINTMONEY' do?
- It adds the amount you specify to the household balance. PRINTMONEY 25000 gives the household 25,000 Paradimes.
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