Other Sim games
Compilation packs
- Sim Mania (Released in 2000 for Windows, it includes SimCity, SimTower, SimIsle, SimCopter, Streets of SimCity and SimSafari.)
- The Sim Collection (Released in 2003 for Windows, it includes SimTheme Park, The Sims, SimCity 3000 Unlimited and The Sims Online New & Improved.)
- Sim Mania 2 (Released on March 19, 2003 for Windows, it includes SimCity 3000, SimTheme Park, SimCoaster and Sid Meier's SimGolf.)
- Sim Mania 3 (Released on June 21, 2005 for Windows, it includes SimCopter, SimSafari, SimTheme Park, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, SimCoaster and Sid Meier's SimGolf.)
Canceled games
- SimsVille - Cancelled almost at completion to focus efforts on The Sims 2 development.
- SimMars - Was in development at Maxis around the same time as the release of The Sims.[1] A trailer for the game was included on the SimCity 3000 CD-ROM. From the trailer, the premise of the game seemed to be a manned mission to the planet Mars, followed by a terraforming and colonization scenario, typical of the Maxis world-building game style. The game presumed to be an integration of previous Maxis titles, presented in 3D, possibly including elements of SimEarth, SimLife, and SimCity. On May 12, 2000, Maxis announced that the game was put on hold.[2] A reference and some sound effects were recycled into an arcade game in The Sims Vacation. The game was remade by fans as a complete total conversion mod for SimCity 4, and is in beta 3 phase.[3]
- MySims Social - A game intended to launch on Facebook with Sims and SimCity Social, it never was completed.
- The Urbz 2 - A game intended to surpass The Urbz: Sims In The City, and turn it into a spinoff sub series to The Sims, but the project went through Development Hell after the original game failed to sell to expectations. It was in development first at Maxis for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube and Xbox, before being sent over to Electronic Arts Chicago in 2006, where it had some design changes such as being moved to next generation platforms PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, but the project was cancelled when the studio closed on November 6, 2007, leaving the project incomplete and never released. Assets, logos and other content could be found on The Sims 2 for PlayStation 2's DVD with model viewers, as the game used the same source code and engine as The Urbz 2.[4]
Shutdown games
These games are shutdown and no longer possible to play:
Additionally, online modes for The Sims Bustin' Out and the PC version of MySims ceased August 1, 2008 and June 2011 respectively.
