The Sims™ 3: reviews, hot takes and discussion
Release date: Jan 27, 2011
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
- Price: $19.99
- Metacritic score: 86
- 31,124 Steam reviews
- Platforms: Windows
Genres: Simulation
Developer: The Sims Studio · Maxis
Features: Single-player, Family Sharing
Is The Sims™ 3 worth it?
Critics give it 86 on Metacritic, it has 31,124 Steam reviews. It costs $19.99 on Steam. Read what players say below, then add your own verdict.
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The Sims™ 3 system requirements (PC)
Minimum
- OS *: Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Processor: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
- Memory: (XP) 1 GB; (Vista) 1.5 GB
- Graphics: 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
- DirectX®:
- Hard Drive: At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
- Sound:
- Built-in Graphics:Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
- 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
- 0.5 GB additional RAM
- Supported Video Cards:Nvidia GeForce series: FX5900 or greater, G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150, GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 275, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295; ATI Radeon™ series: ATI Radeon 9500 series of greater, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, 2400, 2600, 2900, 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870 series or greater; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series
- *Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported