Paralives is an upcoming doll house life simulation indie game for PC and Mac. In Paralives, you are free to build homes, create characters and manage their lives inside their homes and all around an open world town.
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The Sims (Series) AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Life Simulation Games
The best Life Simulation alternative to The Sims is Paralives. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try FreeSO or Simitone. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to The Sims and seven of them are Life Simulation Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Life Simulation Game alternatives to The Sims are Virtual Families 2, SocioTown, Kenshi and Space Colony.
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6 FreeSO alternativesWhile FreeSO aims to be faithful to the original game, it includes many quality of life changes such as hardware rendering, custom dynamic lighting, hi-res output and >2 floor houses.
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There is a hidden world in your computer. Adopt a little person from the thousands of choices of little people who live inside your computer. Help them choose a mate, and start a family! Encourage them to work in their chosen career to earn money for necessities and luxuries.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
- Windows Phone
- iPad
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Alternative C# Windows Frontend for The Sims 1, based off of FreeSO. (REQUIRES a legitimate copy of The Sims: Complete Collection)
6 SocioTown alternatives3D virtual game world. There are a wide asortment of activities such as fishing, bug catching, missions, and much more!.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Adobe Flash Player
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A free-roaming squad based RPG focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals.
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Space Colony is a real-time strategy video game developed by Firefly Studios and published by Gathering of Developers in 2003 with a similar basic premise to The Sims.
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SocioTown appears to be an online MMO 3D chatbox, and not a life simulation game where you manage the environment and actions of virtual people.