Life By You Has Been Cancelled

The Sims competitor, Life By You, has been cancelled it was announced today. In a message posted to the Paradox Interactive forums, Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja wrote, "Sadly, we’ve decided to cancel the release of our long-awaited life sim Life by You. This was an incredibly difficult call to make and is a clear failure on Paradox’s part to meet both our own and the community's expectations.

We realize this raises some large questions; here we hope to shed at least some light on why we opted to cancel, rather than delay as we communicated earlier."

The life-simulation game had already been delayed multiple times, the most recent having delayed its anticipated June release indefinitetly owing to it "lacking in some key areas."

The announcement continued: "Life by You had a number of strengths and the hard work of a dedicated team that went into realizing them. However, when we come to a point where we believe that more time will not get us close enough to a version we would be satisfied with, then we believe it is better to stop. This is obviously tough and disappointing for everyone who poured their time and enthusiasm into this project, especially when our decision comes so late in the process."

Players who previously pre-ordered Life By You, either on Steam or the Epic Games Store, have been able to receive refunds. Information for this can be found on the game's FAQ page.  You can read the full statement from Mattias Lilja here.