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The Sims™ 3

The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.

Release
January 27, 2011
15 years and 236 days ago
Steam Reviews
Very Positive34,335 reviews86.2%
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Updated: Jul 13, 2026Developer scaleThe operating scale of the game's developer.
Maxis is part of Electronic Arts.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026Publisher scaleThe operating scale of the game's publisher.
Electronic Arts is part of Electronic Arts.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026Publisher statusHow the game's publishing relationship is classified.
Electronic Arts is part of Electronic Arts.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026FundingThe known source of funding behind the game.
Electronic Arts provides the corporate publishing relationship for this release.
Search Google: Who controls the creative direction and IP for The Sims™ 3 and The Sims Studio and Maxis?Creative controlWho appears to retain creative control of the game.
Updated: Aug 13, 2026Release statusWhether and how the game has been released.
The game released with a separate publishing relationship.

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About the Game

Play with Life.

Create the lives you've always wanted!
Ready to live a freer, more creative life? In The Sims™ 3, you can let your fantasies run wild as you design your ideal world. Start with your Sim, refining each shape, color and personality trait until you get the precise person that pleases you. Design your dream home, but don’t let a grid limit you; place, rotate and stack furniture and walls freely and to your heart’s content.
Once the “hard work” is over, it’s time to be a mentor. Guide your Sim’s path through life, developing a career, finding love, and pursuing dreams and desires. Spending time with friends and family is just as important as mastering painting or accumulating knowledge.
Take things to the next level and record movies of your Sim’s adventures and share them with the ever-growing and thriving community. With a huge catalog of expansion packs and fun objects to discover, there is no end to the possibilities awaiting you. It all begins here; your adventure awaits!

Key Features

  • Customize Your Sim: Mix and match a vast range of facial features and body types to get the look you want. Infuse your Sim with personality traits and help realize their dreams.
  • Stage Your Own Extreme Makeover: Decorate your Sim’s home however you want, neat or messy. Use odd angles, create tall stacks of items, and apply your favorite self-made pattern to the walls and floors.
  • Range From the Home: Get out of the house and explore the lively and entertaining neighborhood for the first time. Be a part of the larger online community!

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