Worth it for the right player.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $14.99.
- Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Steam Deck: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Linux compatibility: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 165 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 5k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
this is the best sims game. for the price, this is a very good game. i didnt play this back in the day (my first sims game was "the sims 4"), and i have to admit, this game is a bit too complicated for me, but its charming, and i like it. the graphics still hold up, the attention to details is insane, and its hands down the best sims game. unfortunately, it often crashes, and it doesnt come with the ikea pack (bummer), but aside from that, this rocks. (plus its not an evident scam like the sims 4 and it's outrageous amount of dlc which should be free content)
Interestingly, it runs without issue on my Steam Deck.
Played for 10 hours and it runs so well on linux.
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
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Currently $14.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
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