The Sims

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The Sims is a video game series.

Key Facts

  • Creator: Will Wright[3]
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts[4], Aspyr[5], Findev[6]
  • Genre: life simulation game[7]
  • Developer: Maxis[8], Edge of Reality[9], Griptonite Games[10], Ideaworks Game Studio[11], Amaze Entertainment[12], Full Fat[13], Behaviour Interactive[14], Visceral Games[15], EA Mobile[16], Exient Entertainment[17], Magic Pockets[18], Playfish[19], Firemonkeys Studios[20], Blind Squirrel Entertainment[21]
  • Depicts: same-sex marriage[22]
  • Designed by: Will Wright[23]
  • Commons category: The Sims[24]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[25], macOS[26], Linux[27], PlayStation 2[28], Nintendo GameCube[29], Xbox[30], Game Boy Advance[31], N-Gage[32], Nintendo DS[33], PlayStation Portable[34], Java Platform, Micro Edition[35], Wii[36], Windows Phone[37], BlackBerry OS[38]
  • Has part(s): The Sims[39], The Sims 2[40], The Sims 3[41], The Sims 4[42], The Sims Mobile[43], SimsVille[44], The Sims Online[45], The Sims Bustin' Out[46], The Urbz: Sims in the City[47], The Sims 2: Pets[48], The Sims 2: Castaway[49], The Sims 2: Apartment Pets[50], The Sims DJ[51], The Sims Bowling[52]
  • Start time: 2000[53]
  • Narrative location: SimNation[54]
  • Official website: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims[55]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Sims[56]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:The Sims[57]

Why It Matters

The Sims has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → sims:The_Sims_(series), sims:es:Los_Sims_(saga), sims:et:The_Sims_(seeria) +4
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: The Sims (series), update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/f4a5df54f6c|details]])"
  2. 11w ago · ~2026-42219-64 · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → The Sims series logo.webp, The Sims - logo official.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: The Sims series logo.svg"
  3. 18w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Franchises/The_Sims
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Franchises/The_Sims, + ‎Giant Bomb Wiki IDs (video game series) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a819ad18645|details]])"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → life simulation game
    Narrative location → SimNation
    Designed by → Will Wright
    Publisher → Electronic Arts, Aspyr, Findev
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 29281, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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