The Sims™ Legacy Collection

Buy73%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

MAXIS · Sandbox · Jan 31, 2025

Player review score
73%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99−50%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
17
Full audio0 of 17
Subtitles0 of 17

Should I buy The Sims™ Legacy Collection?

Buy it if you like
  • Crashes: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are complaints
Crashes
Players who bring up Crashes mostly praise it.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
No crashes or stuttering so far in my experience and the UI scaling seems to just work now???
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its interface is wonderfully simple and intuitive, the darker sense of humor gives it a unique identity, and the soundtrack remain hands down the best in the entire franchise.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
What is the weirdest thing is that it runs way better on Steam Deck, I didn't even need to fiddle with anything to have it working.
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
As a long long die hard fans of the sims 1 complete collection , been play this game 25 years already none stop from 2000, since she can run on AMD CPU or Graphic card with linux pop os proton experimental , so i recommend this game for linux user and gamer too, happy simming 1 . (i buy the sims 1 legacy on steam autumn sales ) (edit)
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I love the challenge - its unforgiving, the way sims should be!

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Crashes45 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Divided opinion
Graphics
85% still recommend
Performance
60% still recommend
Optimization
100% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
80% still recommend
Bugs
63% still recommend
Interface
78% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$9.99$19.99−50%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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