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The Sims

Platforms

Nintendo GameCube
PC
PS2
Xbox

Initial releaseFeb. 4, 2000

Developers

Maxis

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG
Simulation
Strategy

Publishers

Electronic Arts

FranchiseThe Sims

The Sims Feed

A Sim dancing with the Grim Reaper in the Sims 2

News

EA re-release The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 on PC as DLC-stuffed Legacy editions

Just in time for the original's 25th birthday

Jan. 31, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

45 comments

A blocky yet attractive female Sim from The Sims 1 stretches out in front of a (definitely not in-engine) glowing fire, with a similarly non-canonical bottle of wine and two glasses next to her.

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The Sims 1 and 2 are coming back to PC this week with all original expansion packs, says report

Simthing for the weekend

Jan. 28, 2025Nic Reuben

32 comments

The Sims movie in the works from Barbie’s Margot Robbie and director of Loki and The Last of Us Season 2

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The Sims movie in the works from Barbie’s Margot Robbie and director of Loki and The Last of Us Season 2

EA will apparently have a “creative” involvement with the big-screen take on their hit life-sim

March 22, 2024Matt Jarvis

13 comments

A blocky yet attractive female Sim from The Sims 1 stretches out in front of a (definitely not in-engine) glowing fire, with a similarly non-canonical bottle of wine and two glasses next to her.

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Returning to The Sims 1 in 2023 is a weird challenge I fully recommend

Looking back at the first-ever Sims game for its historic 23rd anniversary

Feb. 10, 2023Rebecca Jones

9 comments

A presskit image from 2000's original The Sims. It shows the kitchen/dining room of a suburban middle-class family of the era: a husband gives his wife a massage in the kitchen, while their young daughter looks at a baby in a crib in the corner.

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Have You Played... The Sims?

Imitation of life

Jan. 23, 2023Rebecca Jones

15 comments

Please enjoy Justin Bieber's new house put into 90s strategy games

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Please enjoy Justin Bieber's new house put into 90s strategy games

What units does it manufacture tho?

April 8, 2020Alice Bell

31 comments

10 extremely good ideas for The Sims 5

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10 extremely good ideas for The Sims 5

Simply brilliant concepts

Feb. 5, 2020Nate Crowley

13 comments

Forget Tiny Living, in The Sims 4 builders have achieved greatness with Grand Designs

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Forget Tiny Living, in The Sims 4 builders have achieved greatness with Grand Designs

If you build it, they will come

Jan. 9, 2020Kat Brewster

14 comments

Motherlode: a pocket full of gravestones in Simento Mori part 3

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Motherlode: a pocket full of gravestones in Simento Mori part 3

Our grim task comes to an end

Nov. 28, 2019Kat Brewster

2 comments

Motherlode: combustion and singing in Simento Mori part 2

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Motherlode: combustion and singing in Simento Mori part 2

The sequel to death, it's Simento Mori 2

Sept. 26, 2019Kat Brewster

2 comments

Motherlode: playing The Sims to death in Simento Mori

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Motherlode: playing The Sims to death in Simento Mori

Simento Mori: Remember, You Will Sim

Aug. 29, 2019Kat Brewster

10 comments

The Sims is the most haunted game in the world

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The Sims is the most haunted game in the world

A wee existential spiral about The Sims

Feb. 19, 2019Kat Brewster

22 comments

90s CD-ROM games still have a lot to teach us

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90s CD-ROM games still have a lot to teach us

Sims, Petz, Journals and Dreams

Dec. 8, 2017Emilie Reed

17 comments

The games chasing EVE’s vision of a single shard MMO

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The games chasing EVE’s vision of a single shard MMO

Big talk

Aug. 30, 2017Brendan Caldwell

35 comments

The importance of cultural fashion in games

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The importance of cultural fashion in games

You are what you wear

March 2, 2017Matt Sayer

68 comments

ASA Rulings: Robot Dogs, Sugar Puffs And Time Team

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ASA Rulings: Robot Dogs, Sugar Puffs And Time Team

In my defence...

Nov. 5, 2015Philippa Warr

40 comments

Have You Played... The Sims?

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Have You Played... The Sims?

Sept. 30, 2015Alec Meer

37 comments

Labour Days And Tales Of Terror: The Sims 4 Patched

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Labour Days And Tales Of Terror: The Sims 4 Patched

Sinister suburbs

March 30, 2015Adam Smith

11 comments

Surviving With The Sims

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Surviving With The Sims

Another mouth to feed

Nov. 23, 2014Adam Smith

20 comments

What I Write About When I Write About Games

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What I Write About When I Write About Games

From The Archive

Nov. 2, 2014Adam Smith

3 comments

Belittle Computer People: Smile

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Belittle Computer People: Smile

Though your heart is breaking

Sept. 15, 2014Adam Smith

10 comments

Wot I Think: The Sims 4

Review

Wot I Think: The Sims 4

SimBitty

Sept. 10, 2014Richard Cobbett

49 comments

Matters Of The Heart: The Sims 4

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Matters Of The Heart: The Sims 4

Tugging at heart strings

June 12, 2014Adam Smith

84 comments

The House Always Wins: The Sims 4

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The House Always Wins: The Sims 4

The house that Maxis built

May 28, 2014Adam Smith

38 comments

The Sims 4 To Be The Fourth Sims Game?

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The Sims 4 To Be The Fourth Sims Game?

May 7, 2013Alec Meer

85 comments

The Sims Gallery

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Games from the The Sims franchise