The Sims™ 3
Last updated: 2026-01-25
- Superior open-world mechanics and exploration
- Unmatched nostalgia and immersive storytelling
- Art style and soundtrack highly praised
- Background processes hog system resources
- Poor optimization and frequent crashes
- Lack of developer support and updates
Emotions
Frustration31%Nostalgia12%Disappointment10%Satisfaction9%Joy5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 33,716
- Positive
- 29,13986.4%
- Negative
- 4,57713.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,437,926
- Estimated revenue
- $48,734,141
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 713.60%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,134
- Estimated revenue lost
- $102,629
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 733.7% Avg playtime 0.8h | 311.6% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 37418.9% Avg playtime 199.1h | 1,49675.8% Avg playtime 387h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 29.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,413.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,974 total
Organic purchasers1,79490.9%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations1809.12%
Voted up: 77%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,974 total
First impression0-2h1376.94%
Voted up: 38%
Mid game2-10h35017.7%
Voted up: 71%
Late game10-20h21711.0%
Voted up: 78%
Endgame20h+1,27064.3%
Voted up: 83%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
90.5%
Global baseline 77.4%
21 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 33,716 total.