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Roadmap

What Paralives ships next

A sourced database of every Paralives feature: what's live, what's promised with no date, and what the studio ruled out. Re-checked after every patch.

Updated: 2026-07-27

The only dated milestone

The next major update lands in Q4 2026

Everything in the promised list below is committed to the Early Access phase, but exactly one thing has a date: the first major update, scheduled for Q4 2026 with contents unannounced. June through September was set aside for bug fixes, performance work and adjustments to existing features — so the patches in between will keep reading like maintenance.

See every shipped build in the patch notes

Live now

  • live

    Build mode

    Free-form room sculpting, curved walls, fine-grained object placement. The headline EA feature.

    ETA
    Live since EA launch
    Affected guides: build-starter-home, build-tiny-house
  • live

    ParaMaker

    Character creator with hand-drawn art style. Used by the Legacy and Not So Berry challenges for inheritance rules.

    ETA
    Live since EA launch
    Affected guides: challenges/legacy
  • live

    Vibes and Story Cards

    Five vibes drive emotional state at launch (three more come later); ~250 story cards inject one-shot life events. The Paralives equivalent of Sims moodlets.

    ETA
    Live in EA
    Affected guides: guides/getting-started

Promised for Early Access — no date given

  • confirmedHigh demand

    Pets

    Dogs, cats and horses — officially confirmed to arrive during Early Access as a free update. No date announced yet. Will reshape the Legacy and 100 Baby challenges when they land.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
    Affected guides: challenges/legacy, challenges/100-baby
  • confirmedHigh demand

    Weather and seasons

    Spring through winter cycle, with seasonal events. Listed on the Steam page for the Early Access phase, with no date attached. Will unblock the 'survive a winter' Legacy clause.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
    Affected guides: challenges/legacy
  • confirmed

    Pools

    Pools and swimming are listed on the Steam page among the features to be added during Early Access. No date announced.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
    Affected guides: guides/build-modern-mansion
  • confirmed

    Career tree depth

    Current careers are surface-level. Branching career trees with daily-task variance are on the roadmap.

    ETA
    Unknown
    Affected guides: challenges/rags-to-riches
  • confirmed

    School episodes

    Children attend school but episodes are limited. Full school depth (events, friends, grades affecting careers) is planned.

    ETA
    Unknown
    Affected guides: challenges/legacy
  • confirmed

    Gardening & fishing

    Gardening and fishing are listed together on the Steam page among the features to be added during Early Access. Full farming — crops at scale, livestock — has never been committed to.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
  • confirmed

    Cars, bikes, boats & houseboats

    Vehicles for travel between districts. Officially listed on Steam among the features to be added during the Early Access phase.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
  • confirmed

    Town editing

    Edit world lots, place new buildings, redesign the open world. Listed on the Steam page as 'tools to edit and create towns' for the Early Access phase — no ordering against pets or weather has been announced.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
  • confirmed

    Calendar & social events

    A calendar plus organised parties and weddings, listed on the Steam page for the Early Access phase. Today you can only stage these manually.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
    Affected guides: challenges/legacy
  • confirmed

    Family tree

    A proper family tree view, listed on the Steam page for the Early Access phase. Multi-generation challenges currently need a spreadsheet.

    ETA
    During Early Access — date TBD
    Affected guides: challenges/legacy, challenges/100-baby

Ruled out by the studio

  • ruled out

    Multiplayer

    Officially confirmed as NOT planned. Paralives is a single-player game. We're listing this here so the question stops getting asked.

    ETA
    Will not ship
    Source
    Steam FAQ
  • ruled outHigh demand

    Console versions (PS5 / Xbox)

    Not in development. Steam lists Paralives for PC and Mac only, and the developer has described a console port as a cool idea to explore later if there is ever time and resources — not a plan.

    ETA
    No plans announced
    Affected guides: fixes/system-requirements
  • ruled out

    Mobile version

    Ruled out. The developer has said a phone or tablet version is not happening at any point, so this is the one platform question with a permanent answer.

    ETA
    Will not ship