The Sims™ Legacy Collection

Single-player life simulation about managing households and neighborhood chaos

MAXIS · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Jan 31, 2025

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 73% of 2,460
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 26 in 30 days
Playing now: 150; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Apr 3, 2025

What is The Sims™ Legacy Collection?

This single-player sandbox life simulation lets you create a neighborhood and manage its residents’ homes, careers, friendships, romances, and daily needs. Its open-ended structure lets you set your own goals, and the collection includes the original game and seven expansion packs.

For you if...

+you want open-ended goals and control over virtual households
+you enjoy demanding life management with unpredictable chaos
+you like building homes and customizing characters

Not for you if...

−you need guided goals rather than open-ended play
−you want a relaxed, forgiving life simulation

What players say

73% of 2,460 reviews are positive · 88% of 26 in the last 30 days

Players praise the original game’s offbeat charm and demanding, unpredictable household management. The most common complaints are crashes, failure to launch, resolution problems, and persistent gameplay bugs; experiences vary, with other recent players reporting no technical issues.

Screenshots and trailer

The Sims™ Legacy Collection system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: i3 3220, Ryzen 3 1200, AMD FX6300
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 600, AMD Radeon HD 7000, Intel HD Graphics 620
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 17 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Thai.