- February 4, 2000
- Maxis
The Sims
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About The Sims
The Sims is a single player role playing game with fantasy, romance and comedy themes. It was developed by Maxis and was released on February 4, 2000. It received positive reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.
The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than expansion of an entire society or civilization. You are in control of nearly every aspect of the lives of the individuals who make up your chosen population in the neighborhood. Characters are developed from the ground up and you infuse and mold them with personalities, looks, desires, moo…











Critic Reviews
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EA and games like The Sims, Dragon Age, and Battlefield are now officially owned by Saudi Arabia and private equity as $55 billion deal closes

The Sims and Rimworld collide in a new 24/7 "persistent, player-driven" MMO where the community collaborates to "build real, functional societies"

"I wish I could do that": A developer on The Sims has been eyeing up Paralives' characters' asymmetric shoes and their wider possibilities

"I would fight it tooth and nail": The Sims artist would challenge any mandate to reduce diversity after EA Saudi buyout

'Chibi tumba loonuck' may sound like gibberish, but The Sims have their own language. Can you translate the simlish phrases in our latest Sims series quiz?

Tracing blueprints in Paralives is so easy it freed me from 25 years of The Sims' grid-based tyranny

Seed could be the most revolutionary life simulator since The Sims — and you can experience all of it with your friends

The first Paralives update keeps an essential piece of The Sims alive: funny patch notes
Frequently Asked Questions
The Sims is a role playing game with fantasy, romance and comedy themes.
The Sims is available on PC, Mac OS and Linux.
The Sims was released on February 4, 2000.
The Sims was developed by Maxis.
The Sims has received mostly positive reviews from players.
The Sims is a single player game.
