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Games like The Sims 3

2009PC85 % positive19.99 €

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.

Sandbox with your own goals
Building and crafting
Cosy, great for unwinding
Open world

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

In short: games like The Sims 3

Best alternative overall: Spore 96% match – Sandbox with your own goals
Newest alternative: Two Point Museum 89% match – released 2025

Best match

Spore

96 %Match

2008PC92 % positive19.99 €

Spore lets you guide your own species from a single cell to a galaxy-spanning empire, with each stage playing like a different genre. Its playful creature editor, letting you design nearly everything yourself, is the real star.

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The Sims Bustin' Out

Accessible and relaxed

This console life simulation lets you create Sims, manage careers and relationships, and venture out of the house for dates and outings. A funny, relaxed sandbox with little real failure pressure.

Viva Piñata

Economy and management

You build up a garden on Piñata Island, attract colorful piñata animals and breed them. A relaxed, vibrant garden sim full of charm and humor.

Tiny Life

A party of several characters

A cozy life simulator in the vein of The Sims where you guide a household of tiny characters through daily life, building skills and relationships, or just causing chaos for fun.

MySims

Accessible and relaxed

You move to a run-down town and rebuild it by designing homes and furniture, attracting quirky new residents. A relaxed, colorful life-sim about creativity and helping neighbors.

Kynseed

Open world

A cozy life-sim adventure of farming, crafting and shopkeeping in a whimsical fantasy world where everyone ages. You guide a family dynasty across generations, taking over as your children when you die.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

Economy and management

A 3D theme park management sim where you design your own roller coasters, lay out the park and keep the finances healthy. The Coaster Cam lets you ride your creations from a first-person view.

Two Point Museum

Economy and management

A humorous management sim where you design museums, send expeditions to find rare exhibits, and keep staff and visitors happy. The charming cartoon style and dry gags make optimizing layouts relaxing and fun.

Two Point Campus

Economy and management

A charming management sim where you build and run a quirky university with its own courses, staff and students. Its witty humor and relaxed planning are the main draw.

Inzoi

Sandbox with your own goals

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.