The Sims™ Legacy Collection

72% positive of 2,344 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by MAXIS. Published by Electronic Arts.

About the game

The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.

Tagged by players

Life Sim
Sandbox
Building
Management
Character Customization
Immersive Sim
Crafting
Simulation
Cartoony
Old School
Atmospheric
Nostalgia

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The Sims™ Legacy Collection

72% positive of 2,344 Steam reviews

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Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by MAXIS. Published by Electronic Arts.

About the game

Tagged by players

Life Sim
Sandbox
Building
Management
Character Customization
Immersive Sim
Crafting
Simulation
Cartoony
Old School
Atmospheric
Nostalgia

What players say

Recommended
It's about as simplistic as you can get for The Sims. You can see from playing this just how much more functional and streamlined the later The Sims games have become. I definitely would not get this as your only The Sims game. But fans of the series should still give it a look. It definitely has a certain charm you don't get from the later The Sims games thanks to the old school graphics, a soundtrack that just…
3.5 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I played this back in 2000 in Windows 95. This is by far the best nostalgia game to be played. At least for me. Doom is a close second, but that game we've all been playing since ever over the years. This rerelease, although bumpy last year, is now ironed out. Totally playable with just one click. The only issue I had was the flies and cockroaches bug, which you can fix by changing the type of sink you're using and…
13 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Game is unplayable. It would start but keeps flashing from game to desktop repeatedly. I was looking forward to playing this classic from my childhood but I guess some things are too good to be true.
12 min played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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