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I put way more hours into this then I ever did into Red Dead, wich says alot considering how much I loved that story, but here I just kept making one more…
Game entry
The Sims
2000 · Simulation, Sandbox · PC, Mac, Linux · TransGaming Technologies
GameForever voters place The Sims no. 136 in the world ranking, with 1,817 ELO points and 69% of wins across 193 duels settled. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the rival it has faced most: 5 duels, 0 wins and 5 losses. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 4 out of 142 (Simulation).
World rank
no. 136
ELO score
1,817
Wins
69%
Duels played
193
About The Sims
The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than expansion of an entire society or civilization. You are in control of nearly every aspect of the lives of the individuals who make up your chosen population in the neighborhood. Characters are developed from the ground up and you infuse and mold them with personalities, looks, desires, moods, urges, living arrangements, career and personal choices, life styles, and reactions.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,817 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 0% 5 duels played · 125 points behind
- against Cities: Skylines 75% 4 duels played · 85 points ahead
- against Stardew Valley 25% 4 duels played · 56 points behind
- against Red Dead Redemption 33% 3 duels played · 16 points behind
- against Fallout: New Vegas 0% 3 duels played · 92 points behind
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Around this spot
The games The Sims sits between in the world ranking.
The standing
Where The Sims ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Sims stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 4 out of 142 (Simulation).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 136 | 5,035 |
| Simulation | 4 | 142 |
| 2000s | 37 | 1,308 |
| 2000 | 8 | 93 |
The community
The debate
21 comments
davis_lelah
I put way more hours into this then I ever did into Red Dead, wich says alot considering how much I loved that story, but here I just kept making one more family before bed.
NovaMaster2
Sheer influence doesn't earn a ranking spot on its own, the actual gameplay loop is thin and repetitive once the novelty wears off.
fatima_barragan
Influencia no es lo mismo que calidad, y aquí se confunden todo el tiempo.
EmileWarden
Ma sœur et moi partagions un compte. She always deleted the pool ladder.
BerryRunner
Classic sibling warfare...
CosmoFox2
Petty but so true
ArcadeNinja
The chaos was the point
Audreanne_1999
Ranking this against Zelda or RDR feels pointless, they scratch completely different itches anyway
heller_brain
What holds up for me is how much personality it gives characters without a story forcing them anywhere, you just watch behavior emerge from simple wants and it still feels alive today. That alone justifies a top 100 spot even against flashier sandbox games.
RogueLegend2
Same, except my behavior emerging was mostly starting fires.
Wolff54
I played it on a family computer that three of us shared, so my saves kept getting overwritten by my brother's households.
JazlynMaster
Households, always households, my kids fight over whose family gets to survive this time
Green18
My cousin's saves vanished the same way, three kids one PC, total anarchy but somehow it never stopped being fun