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

The Sims™ 3 is a life sim, simulation and character customization game developed by The Sims Studio and Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
Released on January 27th 2011 is available only on Windows in 17 languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Swedish and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 32,910 reviews of which 28,544 were positive and 4,366 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
  • Processor: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
  • Memory: (XP) 1 GB; (Vista) 1.5 GB
  • Graphics: 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
  • DirectX®:
  • Hard Drive: At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
  • Sound:
  • Built-in Graphics:
    • Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
    • 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
    • 0.5 GB additional RAM
  • Supported Video Cards:Nvidia GeForce series: FX5900 or greater, G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150, GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 275, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295; ATI Radeon™ series: ATI Radeon 9500 series of greater, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, 2400, 2600, 2900, 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870 series or greater; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series
  • *Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported

User reviews & Ratings

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11963 hours played
April 2026
I bought this game is 2015, and since then I have spent 12,000 hours of my life dedicated to it. good game 10/10
159 hours played
April 2026
I used to LOVE the sims 4. I read about how TS3 was better. I decided to check it out myself. I was shocked with the open world. the ability to go to the stores and by things, minimal loading screens, adn create a style. I still though TS4 was better. That was until I bought Seasons and Generations. The game was improved by an incredible amount. I then found out about mods, then I downloaded cc worlds, mods, and the game was eons better than 4. The expansions are cheaper, add more, and feel more optional to add than required. Overall this game is so much better than its succesor.
1009 hours played
March 2026
i prefer ts3 over ts4 personally. although keep in mind it can run a bit badly on modern computers (to be fair, even older computers lol) make sure to get optimizing mods. also, to become fully updated on the DLC, it's a lot cheaper than ts4 as there's less expansions and they tend to have more content. lotta life in this game https://modthesims.info/d/658759/smooth-patch-2-1.html <- smooth patch https://www.nraas.net/community/mods-list <- nraas mods. allows for more optimization options https://modthesims.info/d/652440/regul-save-cleaner.html <- save cleaner, worlds that have existed for a long time can get corrupted easily
1 hours played
Sept. 2025
This game is one of the glitchiest, laggiest, jankiest, memory bleedingest, most unoptimized piles of spaghetti code I have ever encountered in my life. I cannot even begin to describe the countless hours of research, trial and error, dubious third-party jury-rigging, and hair-pulling frustration I have experienced trying to get this accursed piece of ancient eldritch software to achieve a semi-tolerable state of basic usability and an FPS higher than 2.5. This game has brought me to the brink of madness untold. Nonetheless, I have been playing it for over 15 years (why my playtime says only 1 hour I have no idea) and will probably still be playing it when I am an 80 year old vegetating in a nursing home lmao 👌
240 hours played
July 2025
ea.. REMASTER THIS MASTERPIECE. I don't even care for Sims 5 anymore, EA for some reason cannot comprehend starting that game. But atleast EA, please remaster this game with modern graphics, autosave, etc. But anyway, Sims 3 is a masterpiece. 10/10 Gameplay - 10 Story - Variable Graphics - 5 Soundtrack/Sound Quality - 9 Difficulty - You have control over whether stuff is hard or not.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Sims™ 3 is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

No, The Sims™ 3 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Yes, The Sims™ 3 received 28,544 positive votes out of a total of 32,910 achieving a rating of 8.51.
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The Sims™ 3 was developed by The Sims Studio and Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.

Yes, The Sims™ 3 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, The Sims™ 3 is not playable on MacOS.

No, The Sims™ 3 is not playable on Linux.

The Sims™ 3 is a single-player game.

Yes, there are 19 DLCs available for The Sims™ 3. Explore additional content available for The Sims™ 3 on Steam.

No, The Sims™ 3 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, The Sims™ 3 does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, The Sims™ 3 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Sims™ 3.

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Steam reviews 12 June 2026 06:07

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The Sims™ 3 PEGI 12
Rating
8.5
28,544
4,366
Game modes
Features
Online players
1,042
Developer
The Sims Studio, Maxis
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Release 27 Jan 2011
Platforms