Games like The Sims™ Legacy Collection
If The Sims™ Legacy Collection is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection, Retro Arcade Shop Simulator and The Sims™ 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy, funny and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →The Sims Legacy Collection bundles the foundational life simulation experience with all its original expansion packs into a single package. Players describe the experience as cozy, funny, and nostalgic, praising the sandbox roleplay potential that lets them shape their Sim's destinies. Reviewers highlight the modding community support that helps keep the classic experience running smoothly on modern hardware. The massive game length and chill difficulty make it ideal for sit-down sessions, while character customization and building-construction tools provide countless hours of casual gameplay. The collection holds a 72% positive rating from 1455 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.
About The Sims™ Legacy Collection: The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
Players who liked The Sims™ Legacy Collection also play
Steam players who put hours into The Sims™ Legacy Collection also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares modding support, sandbox mode, casual and a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Top pick for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
Retro Arcade Shop Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Build and manage your ultimate retro arcade! Buy classic Arcade Machines, Galaxy Pinball, and Gift Claw games, or invest in Cinema 8D, Go-Karts, and Racing Simulators. Manage the economy, hire staff, and play the games yourself!
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares mod support with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Third-strongest match for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Banker Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares simulation and a funny mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Ranked #4 for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.
Blockbuster Inc.
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Ever dreamed of making your own movies? Build up your own movie studio, scout for upcoming stars, and produce cutting-edge films and TV shows. Try to stay ahead of your competition throughout the history of cinematography.
Catizens
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Ranked #6 for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Waterpark Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares character customization, casual and a funny mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Ranked #7 for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Ranked #8 for The Sims™ Legacy Collection fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Sims™ Legacy Collection at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from MAXIS
Other recommendable Steam games by MAXIS, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares mod support with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Another title from MAXIS, the studio behind The Sims™ Legacy Collection. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
The Sims™ 3
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Another title from MAXIS, the studio behind The Sims™ Legacy Collection. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares modding support, sandbox mode, casual and a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Another title from MAXIS, the studio behind The Sims™ Legacy Collection. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
WHY THIS
Shares sandbox mode, mod support, simulation and a retro mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Another title from MAXIS, the studio behind The Sims™ Legacy Collection. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!
MySims™
WHY THIS
Shares character customization, casual and a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Another title from MAXIS, the studio behind The Sims™ Legacy Collection. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Explore a new world with MySims™ — it's your world to transform in this retro re-release with updated graphics! Move to an adorable town. With a little creativity and some help from the locals, you can make this place thrive!
MySims™ Kingdom
WHY THIS
Shares casual and a cozy mood with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Another title from MAXIS, the studio behind The Sims™ Legacy Collection. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Meet New Friends and explore all the New Lands
Frequently asked about The Sims™ Legacy Collection
- Does The Sims™ Legacy Collection run on Steam Deck?
- The Sims™ Legacy Collection is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Sims™ Legacy Collection cost?
- The Sims™ Legacy Collection is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Sims™ Legacy Collection?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Sims™ Legacy Collection are The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection, Retro Arcade Shop Simulator, The Sims™ 4.
- Who developed The Sims™ Legacy Collection?
- The Sims™ Legacy Collection was developed by MAXIS and published by Electronic Arts.
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