The Sims 2: Pets

Create the perfect pet for your Sims to train, play with, and love in The Sims 2: Pets. Choose from dozens of the most popular dog and cat breeds like Dalmatians and Persians or create a unique cat or dog by…

58 18 October 2006 7 cheats

Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy Comedy Fantasy Romance Sandbox

The Sims 2: Pets is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Maxis, released 18 October 2006 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 7 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 2: Pets is

The Sims 2: Pets is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Maxis and released in 2006. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Sims 2 Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Create new companions for your Sims to love throughout their lifetime. Choose from popular dog and cat breeds or customize their features to create a unique pet for your Sim to raise as one of the Family. Whether Sims are romping with their pets in the central town park or searching the shops for the perfect pet accessory, keep one thing in mind—Sim pets have minds of their own. Adopt dogs, cats, and guinea pigs for your Sims to play with. Your Sims can train their dogs and cats to learn new tricks. They even have their own personality - smart, friendly, silly, or hyper! Choose from more than 22 dog and 15 cat breeds including Retrievers, Beagles, Pugs, Schnoodles, Main Coons, Siamese, and…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, romance and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Sims series

The Sims 2: Pets is the 31st of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 2: Pets in 2006. Its critic score of 58 is 13 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is The Sims 4: Parenthood at 90.

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How it was received

The Sims 2: Pets holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What it launched against

The Sims 2: Pets launched on 18 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Gears of War, Guitar Hero II and Pokémon Diamond Version. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Gears of War, Guitar Hero II, Pokémon Diamond Version.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 7 cheat entries for The Sims 2: Pets — 6 cheat codes and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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