Life by You would have included divergent game mechanics, where player choices might not always have the same result.

[2] The game's development was being led by former Executive Vice President of EA Play and Head of The Sims Label Rod Humble.

[8] When speaking about the release, Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester stated "For a long time, we’ve held hopes for Life by You and the potential we saw in it, but it is now clear that the game will not be able to meet our expectations.

Moving forward, we should perform at a much higher level, and it’s obvious that we have work ahead of us".

[10] Paradox took a $19.2 million write-down on development costs for the game and reported a 90% drop in profit for the second quarter of 2024 as a result.