I pressed through the train intro, created a Para, and felt a small, ridiculous thrill as time stopped at twenty-seven. The relief was immediate — no birthday candles, no creeping skill caps — only the game I intended to play. I’ll show you where the option hides so you can decide how much calendar you want in your save.
I write this as someone who plays on Steam and reads patch notes on Moyens I/O; you get to choose how much realism you carry into your sandbox. I’ve tested both Storytellers and toggled the aging settings so you don’t have to guess. You’ll find this faster than hunting community mods or comparing it to The Sims.
How to remove aging in Paralives
At a real-world birthday party, the cake keeps coming whether you want it or not; in Paralives, birthdays can stop arriving.
I’ll keep this simple: the option appears right after the train initiation and character creation, when you pick a Storyteller. You’ll meet two storytellers in Early Access — Maxence (the easier one) and a more challenging counterpart. Pick either; I went with Maxence because my daily life already demands too much attention.
When you finalize the Storyteller you’re offered a customization menu. Look for the aging toggles: one controls whether Paras in your household advance through life stages, and the other covers non-household Paras. Turn the household toggle off and your family stops aging. Turn the second toggle off if you want everyone frozen the same way. That’s it — the UI does the work.
How do you turn off aging in Paralives?
After the train intro and character creation, choose a Storyteller. In the final customization screen you’ll find toggles labeled for household and non-household aging. Flip them to off and save. It’s designed to be approachable, like a settings toggle in Steam’s overlay.
Can you stop all Paras from aging?
Yes. Disable the household aging toggle for your family, and switch off the global toggle if you want every Para to remain the same age. Remember: this affects gameplay pacing — relationships and life-stage events behave differently when age progression is halted.
Will Paras still die if aging is off?
Turning off aging freezes life stages but doesn’t exempt Paras from other deaths. Accidents, illness, and scripted hazards still exist, so you’re not granting immortality; you’re only removing chronological progression. Think of it as turning time’s faucet off for birthdays, not for every risk.
All life stages in Paralives explained
We all guess at how long childhood lasts; Paralives lets you set it in in-game days.
There are eight stages: Baby, Toddler, Child, Pre-Teen, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder. You can also choose the starting stage when creating a character. From the same customization menu you can set stage length to Short, Normal, or Long — the table below gives the exact day counts for each option.
| Stage | Short (Days) | Normal (Days) | Long (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby | One | Three | 13 |
| Toddler | Two | Four | 17 |
| Child | Five | 11 | 47 |
| Pre-Teen | Three | Seven | 31 |
| Teen | Six | 13 | 55 |
| Young Adult | 10 | 21 | 87 |
| Adult | Nine | 19 | 79 |
| Elder | Six | 13 | 55 |
If you use aging, those day totals determine how long each stage lasts; if you disable aging the stages stop advancing. That’s the difference between playing a story-driven life sim and treating the sandbox like a long-term dollhouse.
I tested toggles on both a single-household save and a world save to see how NPCs reacted; changing the non-household aging setting will affect town progression. Steam’s community pages and Moyens I/O’s coverage are useful if you want screenshots or patch notes from the dev.
If you prefer mods or third-party tools, check the Paralives community on Steam and Reddit for user scripts, but know the built-in toggles are quick and stable. Think of disabling aging as pressing a pause button on life; if you want to restore normal progression later, you can.
If you want purely relaxing play, kill aging for household Paras and leave town NPCs aging to keep events moving; if you want a static, eternal cast, turn both toggles off. I’ve seen players treat it as a narrative tool, not a cheat — a way to keep a favorite family forever young without breaking core systems. Time’s faucet turned off for birthdays, but the game remains game-like in other ways.
Which will you choose — permanent youth for your Paras or the full sweep of life events in your save?