Life Simulation Games

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A community for fans of life simulation games, including the Sims series and the upcoming Paralives and Life by You.

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The Peak of Life, a lifesim set in a major metropolis, with professional development, enterpreneruship and investment, released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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The Sims 4's microtransaction Marketplace has officially shown me the door after 24 years of Simming (www.gamesradar.com)
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Crop is Stardew Valley except you arrive at your farm naked and in the boot of a car (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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If Stardew Valley is a cosy farming game the Crop is a what you get if you make it a horror farming game.

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Witchbrook's taken 10 years because "Harry Potter meets Stardew Valley" got old and the devs wanted time to make "something more unique" (www.gamesradar.com)
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Chucklefish is bringing the magical life sim out this year

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Petit Planet, the upcoming 'cozy galactic life sim' from HoYoVerse, is taking signups for a new beta test happening later this month (www.pcgamer.com)
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There's still no release date, but it's getting closer.

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Inzoi Studio head says early access was unavoidable, but he feels kind of bad about it: 'The users are testing it on our behalf, so I always feel sorry for them' (www.pcgamer.com)
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Yeah, that's pretty much how it works.

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New inZOI patch dubbed the "GTA 6 update" by eager fans, adding everything from cozy flower shops to car theft to the Sims 4 competitor (www.gamesradar.com)
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GTA comes to inZOI before GTA 6

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Stardew Valley-like farming sim, [Grave Seasons], with a romanceable "supernatural serial killer", [and horror elements], gets an August release date, with a demo coming soon (www.gamesradar.com)
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Grave Seasons arrives in under 5 months

Steam Store page

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Stardew Valley farmer takes advice from AI, ends up brewing 136 useless bottles of rice juice (www.pcgamer.com)
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Don't listen to Google and mill your rice for vinegar.

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'I took those files and deleted them': Former Sims 4 developer says he totally rewrote the sims' AI in the middle of development and 'that was a scary thing to do' (www.pcgamer.com)
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The Sims 4's original lead AI programmer says he pitched the entire AI system not long before alpha and rewrote it from scratch.

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The Sims announces a Creation Club-style Marketplace and Maker program enabling content creators to sell their work directly to players (www.pcgamer.com)
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The Sims 4 Marketplace will go live on PC and Mac on March 17, and will follow on consoles later this year.

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While you wait for a release date announcement, have a gander at Nivalis' opening moments [lifesim/management from the creators of Cloudpunk and set in the same world] (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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It's more of a sneak peak, but an enticing one all the same.

Nivalis - Gameplay Showcase

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"I don't know what I was thinking": Stardew Valley creator went through hell 6 months before launch, and the game didn't come together until "the last moment" (www.gamesradar.com)
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I think I was just at the point where I knew it was so close. I needed to finish the game

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10 years later, I still can't believe Eric Barone thought Harvest Moon fans would hate Stardew Valley (www.pcgamer.com)
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"I still didn't think it was going to be super popular," Barone said of the days leading up to Stardew Valley's launch in 2016.

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XCOM designer Jake Solomon announces surprise closure of his studio alongside a first look at its canceled life sim, 'the game we poured our hearts into' (www.pcgamer.com)
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"Burbank" was set to be a life sim with dramatic storylines.

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Pokopia finally gives starving Pokemon Mystery Dungeon fans some food with its talking 'mons as the life sim's devs "really focused" on conveying each one's "unique personality" (www.gamesradar.com)
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Mystery Dungeon fans can finally eat good, or at all, really

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Good news, Stardew Valley enthusiasts: the 1.7 update will make children 'a little more interesting' and add two new marriage candidates (www.pcgamer.com)
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Stardew Valley creator breaks silence to shoot down myths about Haunted Chocolatier, including that 2030 release rumour (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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Halcyon Days at Taoyuan, a Stardew Valley clone set in historical China, with beautiful period-inspired pixelart, released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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The Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day (www.pcgamer.com)
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The Sims 4: Royalty & Legacy | Official Reveal Trailer (www.youtube.com)
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Cozy Caravan is a feast of little cooking minigames (www.pcgamer.com)
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Former Stardew Valley dev's upcoming life sim has a brilliant quality-of-life feature for its fishing that speaks to my completionist heart (www.gamesradar.com)
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I was getting a bit bored of the traditional life sim routine, but it turns out I just needed more hobbies which Heartopia is happy to provide (www.pcgamer.com)
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My Winter Car is a 'dangerous, depressing and tiring' life sim, and the developer doesn't want you to play it unless you've mastered the infamously tricky My Summer Car (www.pcgamer.com)
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