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2009 PC 19.99 € 👍 87 % Very positive, 32,910 reviews on Steam

A life sim where you create Sims with distinct personality traits and guide their daily lives, careers and relationships across a seamless open neighborhood. Its charm lies in the quirky, often hilarious chaos that unfolds along the way.

What defines The Sims 3:

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Open world
  • A party of several characters
  • Lots of humour

The closest matches for The Sims 3 are The Sims Bustin' Out, Paralives and Capy Castaway. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Sims 3 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Paralives

Open world

Paralives is a relaxed life simulation where you design homes with highly flexible building tools and guide your characters' daily lives, relationships and fortunes. It focuses on creative freedom and low-pressure, cozy play.

Capy Castaway

Open world

A cozy adventure where you play a capybara pup teamed up with a clever crow, exploring a colorful world by sniffing, digging and flying while making friends on the way home.

The Sims Castaway Stories

Bright, upbeat tone

Your Sims are shipwrecked on an uncharted island and must build a new life: construct shelters, befriend animals, meet natives and uncover secrets. It offers a goal-driven Story mode and an open-ended Free Play mode.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Lots of humour

A quirky life simulator where you create Miis modeled on friends, family or pure imagination and watch them form relationships and stumble into absurd everyday situations. The appeal lies in the surprising, funny moments that emerge from their personalities.

The Urbz: Sims in the City

Lots of humour

A life simulation in the Sims universe where you guide your Urb through a lively city, building reputation via jobs, friendships, and fashion. The focus is on personality, style, and casual city life rather than house building.

Inzoi

Open world

A Sims-style life simulator with strikingly realistic visuals, letting you guide your Zois' careers, relationships and daily lives in cities modeled on Seoul and Santa Monica. Deep character creation, home building and city-wide editing are the main draw.

The Sims Medieval

A party of several characters

The Sims in the Middle Ages: you guide a growing kingdom by steering different heroes such as knights, monarchs or wizards through quests full of drama, romance and humor. The focus is on personality-driven life simulation and kingdom building rather than combat.

Pokémon Pokopia

Open world

Playing as a Ditto that copies other Pokémon and their abilities, you craft, build and garden a withered world back into a thriving paradise. A relaxed life-sim and building game in the Pokémon universe that can also be enjoyed with friends.

One Piece: Grand Gourmet

Lots of humour

A restaurant management sim set in the One Piece universe: you build a floating restaurant with the Straw Hat crew, gather ingredients, invent dishes and decorate to draw in familiar faces.

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