For learning to walk, see toddler skills.

Walking is the normal way for Sims to get around. However, in The Sims and The Sims 2, player-controlled Sims cannot normally walk from one lot to another. Instead, they have to get a taxi or use a car^[TS2:NL]. Visitors to residential lots, whether invited or random, will walk when entering or leaving the lot, as will townies and neighborhood Sims who appear when Sims visit community lots.^[1]  In addition, all NPCs in The Sims, and several in The Sims 2, will walk onto and off of a lot.

In The Sims 2: University, college students walk when going to classes or to take final exams. The Sims 2: Bon Voyage introduced the ability to walk between lots, but Sims cannot walk from a community lot to another lot unless they walked to that lot. The Sims 2: Apartment Life allows schoolchildren to walk to school and older Sims to walk to work.

Beginning with the base game, Sims in The Sims 3 had the ability to walk between lots. In addition to walking, Sims can also choose running or jogging.

1. ↑ Magic Town is an exception to this. When a Sim visits a Magic Town community lot, townies and neighborhood Sims will use the Holes in the Ground to enter and leave.