Life by You seemed poised to corner an untapped market—that corner being a version of the Sims not bogged down by over $1,200's worth of DLC. As PCG's Joshua Wolens noted during a preview, it was angled to be "Sims with the brakes cut".
Unfortunately, that didn't materialise. A mere month after delaying its early access without a new date, Paradox released a statement that the game would go unreleased forevermore. In the announcement, the company argued that "the road leading to a release that we felt confident about was far too long and uncertain." Within a day, Paradox Tectonic—the division of Paradox making the thing—was shut down.
