The Simpsons Game

The Simpsons Game is based on the animated television series The Simpsons. It features an original storyline written by Tim Long, Matt Selman, and Matt Warburton. In the self-referential plot, the family…

68 30 October 2007

Platform Action Comedy

The Simpsons Game is a platform developed by EA Redwood Shores, released 30 October 2007 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What The Simpsons Game is

The Simpsons Game is a platform game developed by EA Redwood Shores and released in 2007. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Simpsons Game is a 2007 platform game based on the animated television series The Simpsons made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. The game was developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in North America in October 2007 and worldwide in November 2007, a few months after The Simpsons Movie. It features an original storyline, not related to the movie, written by Simpsons writers Tim Long and Matt Warburton. In the self-referential plot, the family discovers that they are forced to participate in another The Simpsons video game. Similar to the show, the game pokes fun at popular culture, many…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

Where it sits in the The Simpsons series

The Simpsons Game is the 35th of 47 entries we hold in the The Simpsons series. The next entry was The Simpsons Game in 2007. Its critic score of 68 is 6 points above the series average of 62. The highest-rated entry is Scene it? The Simpsons: Deluxe Edition at 80.

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How it was received

The Simpsons Game holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 121 votes.

What it launched against

The Simpsons Game launched on 30 October 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Portal and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Portal, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Cheats and codes

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