Games Like Sims

This list of games like Sims offers strategic life simulation video games that are similar to the Sims series. The Sims is a strategic, life simulation video game series developed by Maxis and later by The Sims Studio, and published by Electronic Arts. It is one of the most successful video games series of all time. As of May 2011, the franchise has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide, and is also the best-selling PC franchise in PC history.The player creates virtual people called "Sims" and places them in houses and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires. Players can either place their Sims in pre-constructed homes or build them themselves.... Read more @ Wikipedia

Games Similar to Sims:

Second Life:

Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, to interact with each other through avatars (Also called Residents). Residents can explore the world (known as the grid), meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and create and trade virtual property and services with one another. Second Life is intended for people aged 16 and over...Read more @ Wikipedia

Animal Crossing City Folk :

Animal Crossing: City Folk, known in Europe and Australia as Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City, is a life simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii console and the third game in the Animal Crossing series. It is also one of the first titles was re-released as a part of the Nintendo Selects collection in 2011.Read more @ Wikipedia

Virtual Villagers

Virtual Villagers is a series of village simulator video games created and developed by Last Day of Work, an independent video game developer and publisher. It is released as shareware for Windows, Mac OS X, and for convergent mobile telephone technology. Read more @ Wikipedia

Virtual Families:

Virtual Families is a video game created and developed by independent video game developer and publisher Last Day of Work. Virtual Families was released on April 22, 2009. The game allows the player to adopt an adult friend, meet a mate, work on their careers, start a family, gather collectibles and earn money. Virtual Families allows players to control and manage virtual characters in real-time. Problems have often occurred with the game, such as energy problems.

The Movies:

The Movies is a business simulation game created by Lionhead Studios for Microsoft Windows and subsequently ported to Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. It was released on 8 November 2005 in North America, and 11 November 2005 in Europe after reaching gold status on 8 October 2005. The game allows players to take the role of a Hollywood film mogul, running a studio and creating films. Much has been made about the film-making aspect of the game, as it allows players to easily create viewable works or machinima. Read more @ Wikipedia