The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection

Single-player life sim about guiding families across generations

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

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 73% of 5,086
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 78% of 87 in 30 days
Playing now: 744; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Apr 10, 2025

What is The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection?

A single-player sandbox life simulation where you create Sims, build homes, manage goals and relationships, and guide families across generations. The collection includes the base game and packs covering university, businesses, pets, travel, seasons, hobbies, and apartment life.

For you if...

+you prefer open-ended life simulation and player-created stories
+you enjoy managing families, relationships, homes, and long-term goals
+you want character drama shaped by personalities and memories

Not for you if...

−you want a guided campaign instead of sandbox play
−you want multiplayer rather than a solo simulation

What players say

73% of 5,086 reviews are positive · 78% of 87 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise Live Mode, particularly the Sims' personalities, memories, relationships, and resulting family drama. The main complaint is instability: some players still report random crashes, failed saves, or corrupted progress, while others say many launch problems have been fixed.

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The Sims™ 2 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

Default controller config not fully functional
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
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, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian.