Life By You calls off its Early Access launch, with no new date announced

Life By You has once again shifted its Early Access date, only this time without a new release window in sight. The life-sim game was set for an Early Access launch on June 4, but that has since been pulled due to the additional need for more development.

The Deputy CEO of Paradox Interactive, Mattias Lilja, made the announcement and indicated that this shift was a difficult choice.

“After much consideration, we regret to announce that we have decided to retract Life by You’s Early Access release date, previously set for June 4th. This was not an easy decision, especially since we understand the anticipation and excitement that many players have for the game. However, we believe that additional development time is needed.

While we would have preferred to commit to a new release window, we believe it is more prudent to hold off while we plan ahead, rather than committing to a new date that we cannot be certain to meet.”

This is the third time Early Access has been delayed, and some fans are wondering when it will ever make its official debut, if the social media replies are anything to go by. Though, some are also lauding the choice to take time to work on the life-sim.

The previous delay noted some issues with its Early Access, including problems linked to bugs, performance, and character art. These errors have likely caused the delay again, especially with the mixed reviews from some of Life By You’s development updates. 

Life By You isn’t the only Paradox Interactive entry to be delayed, considering Prison Architect 2‘s May 7 release was pushed back to Sept. 3. Cities: Skylines 2 has also been catching some heat, where players believe it was released too early with its many broken specs. 

Considering Cities: Skylines 2’s “Mostly Negative” score on Steam, Paradox Interactive may not want the same result again with Life By You. Hopefully, all this waiting will be worth it, giving us life simmers more content. Information regarding its launch may be coming shortly, but it seems like its launch hangs in the balance for now.