The Sims
Original title: The Sims - February 4, 2000
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Director:Will Wright
Studio:Electronic Arts
Stars:James Horan, Jody Millard, Paul Rausmussen - Full View
Soundtrack:Composed by Jerry Martin, Marc Russo, Kirk R. Casey and Dix Bruce, with additional jazz piano by John R. Burr on the Build Mode cues, 37 tracks shipped on the disc — mostly instrumental, some with Simlish lyrics, The Sims (EA Games Soundtrack) — 15-track official album released 26 March 2007 through EA Recordings, The Build Mode new-age and jazz-piano pieces are the most-cited part of the score
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Game
Sunday Times Reader Award for Games
Nominee
2006
Game
Golden Joystick Awards − Hall of Fame
Winner
2025
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Story
In "SimCity," you had the power to build and control cities ... with The Sims, you'll create and control people!
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Data aggregated from 7 sources: RAWG, Wikidata, Wikipedia, sims.fandom.com, gamespot.com, Metacritic, IGDB
Last updated: 11.09.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
RevenueEstimated
6.3M+ copies shipped by March 2002
the moment it passed Myst to become the best-selling PC game ever; around 16 million for the base game by 2005
gamedeveloper.comNo development budget has ever been reported. Sourced sales: 1.77M US units and $72.9M revenue in 2000 (the year's best-selling US computer game), a further 1.48M units and $60.4M in 2001, 6.3M+ shipped worldwide by March 2002, roughly 16M for the base game by February 2005, and 41 million including expansion packs by September 2004. The original 2000 retail price could not be sourced to a period document, so no gross estimate is derived here. The franchise as a whole has passed $5 billion and about 200 million copies.
Time to Beat
No completion time — this game has no ending (online, endless or session-based play).
Content Rating
Comic Mischief
Mild Animated Violence
Suggestive Themes
ESRB Teen
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows 95/98
CPU:233 MHz
RAM:32 MB
GPU:2 MB video card with 16-bit colour support
DirectX:7.0
Drive:4x CD-ROM
Storage:350 MB
Other:(No 'recommended' specification was published for the 2000 release)
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Data aggregated from 7 sources: RAWG, Wikidata, Wikipedia, sims.fandom.com, gamespot.com, Metacritic, IGDB
Last updated: 11.09.2026