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Each content pack[n 1] for The Sims is centered around one or more themes. The listed themes in this article are sorted by alphabetical order.

Apartments[]

Apartments and multi-family houses appear in The Sims 2: Apartment Life, The Sims 3: Late Night, The Sims 3: University Life, The Sims 4: City Living, The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle, and The Sims 4: For Rent

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Bathroom[]

The enhancement in bathroom design appears in The Sims 2: Kitchen and Bath Interior Design Stuff, The Sims 3: Master Suite Stuff and The Sims 4: Bathroom Clutter Kit.

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City[]

A neighborhood called Belladonna Cove appears in The Sims 2: Apartment Life, which features several apartment buildings as well as an urban-themed atmosphere. The Sims 3: Late Night features the city world Bridgeport, home to penthouses and dance clubs, and a big aspect of the pack is city life. The Sims 4: City Living reintroduces the concept, along with a new city world named San Myshuno. The Sims 4: Get Famous and The Sims 4: Growing Together also contain minor elements of city life, as they include the city worlds of Del Sol Valley and San Sequoia, respectively.

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Collaborations[]

Collaborations are official crossovers of other media/brands outside of The Sims brand being introduced into the game. Items from real-life brands are featured in The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff, The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff, The Sims 3: Katy Perry's Sweet Treats, The Sims 3: Diesel Stuff and The Sims 4: Moschino Stuff. The Sims 4: Journey to Batuu is a collaboration with the Star Wars franchise and the first collaboration pack that is not a Stuff Pack. Otherwise, part of items are genuine fashion pieces in The Sims 4: Modern Menswear Kit and The Sims 4: Simtimates Collection Kit.

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Dating and weddings[]

Dating is the main theme of The Sims: Hot Date, as well as one of the themes that come in The Sims 2: Nightlife, and again, The Sims 3: Generations. The dating feature enables two paired Sims to spend their time together doing romantic activities. The Sims 4: Romantic Garden Stuff features decors and interactive objects to build a romantic garden. The Sims 4: Dine Out also features romantic dinners. The Sims 4: My Wedding Stories mainly focuses on weddings.

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Eco living and environment[]

Eco living is the main theme of The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle. Green energy objects are also included in The Sims 2: Mansion and Garden Stuff, whilst The Sims 2: Seasons introduced composting. The Sims 3: Ambitions included recycling and an eco-friendly trait. The environment of the future world can be influenced by Sims' actions in the present in The Sims 3: Into the Future. The Sims 4: Island Living included a Conservationist career and has various actvities related to cleaning up the world of Sulani.

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Fame[]

Fame is the main theme in The Sims: Superstar, The Sims 3: Showtime and The Sims 4: Get Famous, as well as one of the themes in The Sims 3: Late Night. Sims are able to work in the Fame career, become celebrities or performers, and pursue their dreams in general in order to get famous. The Sims 3: Movie Stuff adds various themed items and outfits from popular Hollywood film genres.

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Family[]

Family is the main theme of The Sims: Livin' Large, The Sims 3: Generations and The Sims 4: Growing Together. While Livin' Large doesn't primarily focus on the interaction between families, it introduced several new features at a time when the series was new. Meanwhile, the main focus of Generations is on the family, where family time is made more elaborate, and Sims are meant to "Live the Life to the Fullest". The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff adds items related to family and children into The Sims 2. The Sims 4: Kids Room Stuff adds more items for kids, puppet theatre and Voidcritter Battle Station. Family is also a major theme of The Sims 4: Parenthood and The Sims 4: Toddler Stuff.

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Farming and country life[]

Country and farming-related gameplay include the raising of farm animals, riding horses, growing crops, selling produce and gardening. It is a side theme of The Sims 3: Pets, with the focus on horse ranches, and the main theme of The Sims 4: Cottage Living. Horses, riding, and competitions return in The Sims 4: Horse Ranch, with new content such as using horse manure as fertilizer for farming and gardening, and small animals such as mini-goats and mini-sheep. Riverblossom Hills from The Sims 2: Seasons and Riverview from The Sims 3 Store resemble a rural farming town. Cows and chickens are also featured in The Sims 3 Store.

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Fashion[]

Fashion is a theme that appears in The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff, The Sims 3: Diesel Stuff, and The Sims 4: Moschino Stuff. There are also several Create a Sim kits for The Sims 4 that consist of clothing and accessories. Most of these kits are made in collaboration with real life fashion designers.

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Festivals and holidays[]

Festivals and Holidays is a theme that appears in The Sims 3: Seasons, The Sims 4: City Living, The Sims 4: Seasons and The Sims 4: Snowy Escape. Holiday-themed items also appear in The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack, The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff, The Sims 4: Holiday Celebration Pack and The Sims 4: Spooky Stuff.

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Historical[]

Historical architecture and themes from before the 20th century are the primary themes of Veronaville in The Sims 2, Twinbrook in The Sims 3: Ambitions, Monte Vista and other sets in The Sims 3 Store, Willow Creek in The Sims 4, Windenburg in The Sims 4: Get Together, Forgotten Hollow in The Sims 4: Vampires and the Castle Estate Kit for The Sims 4. The Sims: Superstar and The Sims 4: Get Famous includes historical elements in the fame and acting careers with productions set during the victorian, medieval, and pirate eras.

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Hobby[]

In The Sims 2: FreeTime, Sims can pursue their hobbies and have preferences between different types of activities, building hobby enthusiasm as a result. Hobbies are also somewhat present in The Sims 3: Ambitions, and different hobby related activities are included in The Sims 4: Get Together, The Sims 4: Seasons, The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle, The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting Stuff, and The Sims 4: Crystal Creations Stuff.

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Island life[]

Island life is a theme prominently featured in The Sims Castaway Stories, The Sims 3: Island Paradise and The Sims 4: Island Living. It usually features a residential island world that includes various activities such as jet skiing, boats, mermaids, and exploring ocean depths. It is also featured to a lesser extent with Twikkii Island in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage and Sunlit Tides from The Sims 3 Store.

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Kitchen[]

A set of kitchen furniture and appliances that improves or enriches the atmosphere of the cooking and dining experience with The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff, The Sims 4: Cool Kitchen Stuff, The Sims 4: Country Kitchen Kit, and The Sims 4: Home Chef Hustle Stuff.

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Luxury[]

Luxury is a theme based on the items appearing in The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff, The Sims 2: Mansion and Garden Stuff, The Sims 3: High End Loft Stuff, The Sims 4: Luxury Party Stuff, The Sims 4: Perfect Patio Stuff, The Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff, The Sims 4: Get Famous, and some Kits for The Sims 4.

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Magic[]

Magic appears as the main theme in The Sims: Makin' Magic and The Sims 4: Realm of Magic, and is a theme in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. Magic is reintroduced in the The Sims 3: Supernatural, along with fairies and witches. The medium skill, which is a mystical art easily learned by spellcasters, is a major theme in The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff with mediumship and The Sims 4: Crystal Creations Stuff adds a form of magic with crystal charging.

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Movie[]

Movies form a central theme in The Sims 3: Movie Stuff and The Sims 4: Movie Hangout Stuff and to a lesser extent in The Sims 4: Get Famous and The Sims 4: Growing Together. The Sims 3: Movie Stuff and The Sims 4: Get Famous contain movie sets, props, and costumes for the big screen and/or objects relating to cinematic enjoyment and home theaters. Get Famous also features an acting career with its own workplace. The Sims 4: Movie Hangout Stuff adds a popcorn maker and films Sims could watch on the television. The Sims 4: Growing Together adds a theater rabbit hole in the world of San Sequoia where Sims are able to visit and watch various films for a fee.

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Nightlife[]

Nightlife is the main theme of The Sims 2: Nightlife and one of the main themes in The Sims 3: Late Night. The theme of nightlife focuses on after-dark activities that involve visiting downtown or going to various clubs and lounges in the city, along with other vital roles of these expansion packs, such as vampires. Nightlife was reintroduced in The Sims 4: Get Together and it's subsequent content packs, The Sims 4: City Living, The Sims 4: Bowling Night Stuff, and The Sims 4: Get Famous that features special nighttime activities such as, nighttime dance parties, festivals and karaoke bars, bowling at night, and nighttime talent shows. The Sims 4: Discover University also has minor elements of nightlife such as, nighttime juice kegger party. The Sims 4: For Rent features a night market as an event in the world of Tomarang.

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Outdoor[]

Outdoor is a theme that mostly focuses on outdoor stuff and is appearing in The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff, The Sims 3: Outdoor Living Stuff, The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff, The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat, The Sims 4: Perfect Patio Stuff, The Sims 4: Romantic Garden Stuff, The Sims 4: Backyard Stuff, The Sims 4: Courtyard Oasis Kit and The Sims 4: Cottage Living.

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Party[]

Parties are the main focus of The Sims: House Party, in which the ability to throw a party was introduced for the first time. Parties are also enhanced in The Sims 3: Generations, where there are even more types of parties. The Sims 2: Celebration! Stuff, The Sims 4: Luxury Party Stuff and The Sims 4: Spooky Stuff added more party objects for The Sims 2 and The Sims 4, respectively. More varieties of parties were released with The Sims 4: Get Together. While the main focus of The Sims 4: Movie Hangout Stuff isn't partying, Sims can invite a few friends over to watch a movie together.

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Pets and animals[]

Pets and animal gameplay are themes used in many games throughout The Sims series. Sims can keep pets as part of their life in The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Pets, The Sims 3: Pets, The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs, The Sims 4: My First Pet Stuff and The Sims 4: Horse Ranch. Pets are also featured in many console games; as seen here. In The Sims 4: Cottage Living and The Sims 4: Horse Ranch, Sims are also able to own domesticated animals such as cows, chickens, llamas, goats and sheep.

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Professions and businesses[]

In addition to going to work in careers, Sims can run businesses or perform jobs in a profession. These features enable Sims to earn money in ways other than just going to work with adequate skills. Sims can now be seen and controlled, as they perform the work in their profession or business. This theme is present in The Sims 2: Open for Business, The Sims 3: Ambitions, The Sims 3: Showtime, The Sims 4: Get to Work,[1] The Sims 4: Dine Out, The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs, The Sims 4: Get Famous, The Sims 4: Dream Home Decorator and The Sims 4: For Rent.

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Retro[]

Décor and fashion from yesteryear are the main theme of The Sims 3: 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff, The Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff, The Sims 4: Throwback Fit Kit. The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff, and The Sims 4: Grunge Revival Kit includes clothing inspired by the 1970s.

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School and college life[]

The college life theme is featured in The Sims 2: University, The Sims 3: University Life and The Sims 4: Discover University, where Sims can seek and pursue further education at college. While at college, Sims will also encounter and experience the college life: throwing parties, joining a Greek house and studying. School life theme is also featured in The Sims 4: High School Years.

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Social life[]

With the addition of reputation and social class, Sims don't just interact with each other and do things unnoticed. What Sims do towards others gets noticed as part of the Social Life theme in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. Social groups, a similar feature to social class, returned in The Sims 3: University Life. Social life was heavily revamped in The Sims 4: Get Together, while the reputation system returned in The Sims 4: Get Famous. The Sims 4: Growing Together included social compatibility with the likes and dislikes system, where two sims could find it easier or harder to socialize or befriend each other depending on each other's likes, dislikes, traits and lifestyles. Social life gets closer in The Sims 4: For Rent with multi-family apartments and dwellings, allowing for Sims to throw new parties, snoop on each other, break into other apartments, etc.

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Sports[]

Sports and fitness related content are featured in The Sims 4: Snowy Escape, The Sims 4: Spa Day, The Sims 4: Bowling Night Stuff, The Sims 4: Fitness Stuff and The Sims 4: Throwback Fit Kit.

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Supernatural and occults[]

Supernatural occurances and occults are primary themes in The Sims: Makin' Magic, The Sims 3: Supernatural, The Sims 4: Vampires, The Sims 4: StrangerVille, The Sims 4: Realm of Magic, The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff and The Sims 4: Werewolves. These packs often focus solely on new life states and/or fantasy gameplay. Most expansion packs for The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 also include one or more life states as a side feature. For example vampires in The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 3: Late Night, witches in The Sims 2: Apartment Life and The Sims 3: Supernatural, PlantSims in The Sims 2: Seasons, The Sims 3: University Life and The Sims 4 , aliens in The Sims 2, The Sims 3: Seasons and The Sims 4: Get to Work or mermaids in The Sims 3: Island Paradise and The sims 4: Island Living.

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Time travel[]

Time travel is the primary theme of The Sims 3: Into the Future, where Sims can use a time portal to travel to Oasis Landing, a world set in the distant future. It is also touched upon briefly in The Sims 3: Ambitions with the introduction of the time machine.

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Vacation[]

The Vacation feature is introduced in The Sims: Vacation, and is the main theme in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, The Sims 3: World Adventures, The Sims 3: Island Paradise, The Sims 4: Snowy Escape, The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat, The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure, and in The Sims 4: Journey to Batuu. The main purpose of this theme is to show Sims other parts of the world in their respective games, and to give them ways to spend their time and relax while on vacation. The Sims 3: World Adventures and The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure primarily focus on exploration and adventuring while The Sims 3: Island Paradise primarily focuses on relaxation and vacations. The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat focuses on camping, similar to vacationing in Three Lakes in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage.

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Weather[]

Seasons and seasonal activities are introduced for the first time in The Sims 2: Seasons, where weather mechanics , such as rain and snow, will occur. A weather theme for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 was introduced in The Sims 3: Seasons and The Sims 4: Seasons, respectively. The Sims 4: Snowy Escape utilizes some aspects of winter from The Sims 4: Seasons, but Seasons is not required to play it. Basic precipitation such as rain or rain with thunder are also present in other games: The Sims 2: Pets for consoles, The Sims 2: Castaway and The Sims Castaway Stories.

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Notes[]

  1. "Content pack" is an unofficial term used to refer to expansion, game or stuff packs; as no official term exists.

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