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The launch town in Paralives contains a variety of named businesses, shops, and landmarks that Parafolk can visit during Live Mode. The town is estimated to contain approximately 50 to 70 total lots, split between residential properties and public spaces including parks, shops, and workplaces. All locations exist within a seamless open world with no loading screens between lots, meaning Parafolk can walk or bus between venues freely. See Open World and Town for the broader town structure.

Several venues offer purchasable items and services. Parafolk can buy premade food at restaurants and cafes, purchase plants, furniture, and clothing, get haircuts, and exercise at the gym. The studio has confirmed that additional businesses will be added or expanded as free updates after the Early Access launch on May 25, 2026; the venue list below reflects the Day 1 build.

Venue Directory

The following table lists all confirmed named venues as of the Day 1 launch build. Each entry includes the venue type, the district it sits in, and the careers or events it anchors.

The named workplaces in the table feed into the broader Careers system. The Service domain anchors several Downtown lots, and the Food domain spans Creme Cafe, The Story Nook, and Chez Maurice. Schools are the primary destination for child and teen lifestages during weekdays; see School for the academic-side mechanics.

Landmarks

In addition to commercial venues, the town features several landmarks that contribute to its lore and Lore and World-Building.

The Castle

Located in the Old Town district, the castle is a small fortified structure that was built when the city was first established many centuries ago. It is one of the oldest structures in the town and serves as a historical centerpiece for the Old Town district. The castle's architecture reflects the European-inspired aesthetic that defines the surrounding neighborhood. The castle exterior is also part of the area covered by the weekly Buried Treasure hunt.

The Lighthouse

The lighthouse sits along the town's coastline and contributes to the maritime character of the settlement. It is consistent with the town's framing as a historical port and trading post. The lighthouse is a visual landmark rather than an interactive venue in the launch build.

Edwards and Co. Factory

The Edwards and Co. Factory is a visual landmark in the Industrial district. The factory is an abandoned shoe-manufacturing facility whose windows are boarded up, whose walls and water towers carry graffiti, and whose roofs have been overgrown with plants. It is one of the largest builds in the launch town and anchors the visual identity of the Industrial district.

Shopping and Service Systems

Most named venues integrate with one or more launch systems. Shopping interactions are documented at length in Shopping; the table below summarizes the highest-traffic confirmed venue-to-system links.

Town Events Connection

Several scheduled Town Events happen at named venues or in the same districts. The Sunday marketplace event hosts oddities stalls and a painter stall that typically run near the town plaza, putting them next to L'Armoire and Market Antiques. The Astronomy Club meets at the park mountaintop. Park Yoga runs at the park area. Buried Treasure Hunt covers town-wide locations plus the castle exterior. See Town Events for the full weekly schedule.

Bus Connections

Most named venues are reachable from at least one Bus Stops station on the PL130 bus line. Households who live further from the town core can take the bus to within walking distance of Bloom, Headlines, the Museum, or SuperGamezPlus Inc. for 3 paradimes per ride. Walking between venues inside the town core is also viable; the open world has no loading screens, so on-foot routes between adjacent lots are uninterrupted.

Mayor and Civic Identity

Newspaper commentary in The New Paper regularly references town civic life and the mayor's role; see Mayor Gloomberg for the named first elected official of the launch town. The studio has positioned the town as a believable lived-in community whose venues, schedules, and civic figures all link back to a single coherent setting.

Future Venue Expansion

The studio has confirmed that the venue roster will grow during Early Access. Confirmed future additions include a pet store (paired with the post-launch pets update), a library and bookshop, additional retail venues with ordering and delivery systems, and possibly more themed cafes. Specific patch dates for new venues have not been published. The Day 1 venue list above is the launch baseline.

Custom Shop Music

The launch build includes bespoke music tracks for several business lots. Each venue received a musical theme designed to match its atmosphere. Market Antiques uses a waltzy melody appropriate to its antique decor. Bloom plays meditative tracks with nature sounds. Stylish clothing-shop venues use smooth jazz-style tracks. These per-venue tracks help distinguish lots audibly when walking the open world, and the music itself is moddable; see Soundtrack and Music.

Out of Scope

Additional businesses hinted at in background dev footage (for example, an apparent pharmacy and an Italian restaurant) have not been formally confirmed for the Day 1 build. The full enumeration of every interactive object inside every venue has not been published; the table above lists the venues that are confirmed at the venue level, not at the per-room level. Town editing tools that would let players add or modify venues are confirmed post-launch in the Roadmap and Planned Features plan.