The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, you can create Sims with unique personalities, fulfill their desires, and control their lives within a customizable living neighborhood. Unlock all-new Karma Powers and unleash them on your…
The Sims 3 is a role-playing (rpg) developed by The Sims Studio, released 2 June 2009 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 41 cheat codes for it.
What The Sims 3 is
The Sims 3 is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by The Sims Studio and released in 2009. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Sims 3 Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Create over a million unique Sims and control their lives. Customize everything from their appearances, to their personalities and even the home of their dreams. Then, send your Sims out to explore new locations around town and to meet other Sims in the neighborhood. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your Sims’ destinies and make their wishes come true. Powerful character design tools let you make exactly who you want. Robust building features allow for precise control over your Sims' home. And your Sims can explore a huge neighborhood to their heart’s content. Day or night, work or play, the world…
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 3 is the 60th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was MySims Racing in 2009. Its critic score of 75 is 4 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is The Sims 4: Parenthood at 90.
How it was received
The Sims 3 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 651 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent, (XP) 1 GB; (Vista) 1.5 GB of RAM and 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB.
What it launched against
The Sims 3 launched on 2 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, Prototype and Red Faction: Guerrilla. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, Prototype, Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 41 cheat entries for The Sims 3 — 6 cheat codes and 35 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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The Sims 3 cheat codes
Open the cheat console
Opens the text box every other cheat is typed into.
Press all three keys together during play. A box appears at the top of the screen.
Enable Testing Cheats
Switches on the game's debug/testing mode, which unlocks the Shift+Click options below, lets you drag need and relationship bars with the mouse, and lets you Ctrl+Click moodlets to delete them. Enter it first — many other cheats need it active (use testingcheatsenabled false to turn off)
Press Ctrl+Shift+C to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Testing cheats can disable achievements/trophies on some versions — use a separate save
Set Household Funds
Sets the named household's money to the exact amount typed, e.g. familyFunds Goth 40000 (type the number with no commas; the capital F in familyFunds is required)
Press Ctrl+Shift+C to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Reset Sim
Cancels what the named Sim is doing and puts them back home in a safe, neutral state; the standard fix for a stuck or frozen Sim (e.g. resetSim Mortimer Goth). Does not change their needs or mood
Press Ctrl+Shift+C to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Dlc
The Sims 3
The Sims 3: Riverview
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The Sims 3: World Adventures
The Sims 3
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The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff
60
The Sims 3: Ambitions
The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff
The Sims 3: Barnacle Bay
The Sims 3
The Sims 3: Late Night
85
The Sims 3
The Sims 3
The Sims 3: Outdoor Living Stuff
The Sims 3
68
The Sims 3: Generations
The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff
The Sims 3: Hidden Springs
79
The Sims 3: Pets
The Sims 3: Master Suite Stuff
The Sims 3: Lunar Lakes
The Sims 3: Showtime Katy Perry Collector's Edition
60
The Sims 3: Showtime
The Sims 3: Katy Perry's Sweet Treats
The Sims 3: Lucky Palms
The Sims 3: Diesel Stuff
The Sims 3: Sunlit Tides
87
The Sims 3: Supernatural
84
The Sims 3: Seasons
The Sims 3: Monte Vista
The Sims 3: 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff
The Sims 3: Aurora Skies
73
The Sims 3: University Life
The Sims 3: Dragon Valley
82
The Sims 3: Island Paradise
The Sims 3: Movie Stuff
The Sims 3: Midnight Hollow
80
The Sims 3: Into the Future
The Sims 3: Roaring Heights
Expansions
82
The Sims 3: World Adventures
60
The Sims 3: Ambitions
The Sims 3: Late Night
68
The Sims 3: Generations
79
The Sims 3: Pets
60
The Sims 3: Showtime
The Sims 3: Showtime Katy Perry Collector's Edition
87
The Sims 3: Supernatural
84
The Sims 3: Seasons
73
The Sims 3: University Life
82
The Sims 3: Island Paradise
80
The Sims 3: Into the Future
Quick answers
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