List of Sim video games

This is a list of Sim games, their expansion packs, and compilations. Most games were developed by Maxis and published either by Maxis (pre-1997 acquisition by Electronic Arts) or by Electronic Arts (post-1997). EA has marketed and recruited companies such as Bullfrog Productions, Firaxis Games, and Tilted Mill Entertainment to develop several games under the Sim brand.

Release timeline
1989SimCity
1990SimEarth
1991SimAnt
1992SimLife
1993SimFarm
SimCity 2000
1994SimTower
SimHealth
1995SimIsle
SimTown
1996SimGolf
SimCopter
SimTunes
SimPark
1997Streets of SimCity
1998SimSafari
Yoot Tower
1999SimCity 3000
Sim Theme Park
2000The Sims
2001SimCoaster
2002Sid Meier's SimGolf
The Sims Online
2003SimCity 4
The Sims Bustin' Out
2004The Sims 2
The Urbz: Sims in the City
2005
2006
2007The Sims Stories
SimCity Societies
MySims
The Sims 2: Castaway
2008Spore
2009SimAnimals
The Sims 3
2010
2011The Sims Medieval
Darkspore
The Sims FreePlay
2012
2013SimCity
2014SimCity: BuildIt
The Sims 4
2015
2016
2017
2018The Sims Mobile
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
TBAProject Rene

SimCity series

Main article: SimCity

Compilation packs

The Sims series

Main articles: List of The Sims video games and The Sims

Spore

Other Sim games

Compilation packs

  • Sim 3-Pack: Tower, Tunes, Isle (Released in 1998 for Windows, it includes SimIsle, SimTower and SimTunes.)
  • Sim 3-Pack: Life, Town, Ant (Released in 1998 for Windows, it includes SimAnt, SimTown and SimLife.)
  • Sim 3-Pack: Farm, Safari, Earth (Released in 1999 for Windows, it includes SimSafari, SimFarm and SimEarth.)
  • Sim Mania (Released in 2000 for Windows, it includes SimCity, SimTower, SimIsle, SimCopter, Streets of SimCity and SimSafari.)
  • Sim Mania for Kids (Released in 2000 for Windows, it includes SimTown, SimPark, SimSafari, SimTunes, Widget Workshop and SimAnt.)
  • The Sim Collection (Released in 2003 for Windows, it includes SimTheme Park Gold Edition, The Sims Deluxe Edition, SimCity 3000 Unlimited and The Sims Online New & Improved.)
  • Sim Mania 2 (Released on March 19, 2003, for Windows, it includes SimCity 3000, SimTheme Park Gold Edition, SimCoaster and Sid Meier's SimGolf.)
  • Sim Mania 3 (Released on June 21, 2005, for Windows, it includes SimCopter, SimSafari, SimTheme Park Gold Edition, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, SimCoaster and Sid Meier's SimGolf.)
  • The SimCity Box (Released on June 30, 2008, for Windows, it includes SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, SimCity Societies, SimCity Societies: Destinations, The Sims Carnival SnapCity and Spore Creature Creator.)

Cancelled games

  • SimsVille – Cancelled almost at completion to focus efforts on The Sims 2 development.
  • SimMars – Was in development at Maxis around the same time as the release of The Sims.[1] A trailer for the game was included on the SimCity 3000 CD-ROM. From the trailer, the premise of the game seemed to be a human mission to the planet Mars, followed by a terraforming and colonization scenario, typical of the Maxis world-building game style. The game presumed to be an integration of previous Maxis titles, presented in 3D, possibly including elements of SimEarth, SimLife, and SimCity. On May 12, 2000, Maxis announced that the game was put on hold.[2] A reference and some sound effects were recycled into an arcade game in The Sims Vacation. The game was remade by fans as a complete total conversion mod for SimCity 4, and is in beta 3 phase.[3]
  • MySims Social – A game intended to launch on Facebook with The Sims Social and SimCity Social, it never was completed.
  • The Urbz 2 – A game intended to surpass The Urbz: Sims in the City, and turn it into a spinoff sub series to The Sims, but the project went through Development Hell after the original game failed to sell to expectations. It was in development first at Maxis for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube and Xbox, before being sent over to Electronic Arts Chicago in 2006, where it had some design changes such as being moved to next generation platforms PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, but the project was cancelled when the studio closed on November 6, 2007, leaving the project incomplete and never released. Assets, logos and other content could be found on The Sims 2 for PlayStation 2's DVD with model viewers, as the game used the same source code and engine as The Urbz 2.[4]

Discontinued games

These games are no longer possible to play, as they required connections to servers that no longer exist:

Additionally, online modes for The Sims Bustin' Out and the PC version of MySims ceased August 1, 2008 and June 2011 respectively.

See also

References

  1. ^ "SimMars – IGN". IGN. Archived from the original on February 21, 2002.
  2. ^ Buechner, Patrick (May 12, 2000). "Maxis wins big for The Sims and more!". SimGames.net. Archived from the original on November 10, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
  3. ^ "SimMars Beta 3 mod for SimCity 4 – Mod DB". Mod DB. October 8, 2010.
  4. ^ "Urbz2".