The Sims (Series) AlternativesOnly apps categorised as World Building Games

The best World Building alternative to The Sims is FreeSO, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to The Sims, but unfortunately only two of them are World Building Games.

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    FreeSO

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    While 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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    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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    Space Colony

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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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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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