The computer game was developed by the US company Electronic Arts and its companies Maxis and EA Games. Meanwhile, there are several successors of the game, The Sims 2-5. The game is a life simulation, where the player influences the game characters, called Sims, and thus performs actions. He creates a household and gives orders to the members of this household. However, the individual Sims can always join new households or create their own. Mainly in the game you have to build houses, furnish them, start families, make friends, but also earn money. To do this, the Sims can aspire to different careers, which vary depending on talent and the number of friends. In 1999, as well as. 2001, the game won the "Game of the Year" award and many other prizes. Meanwhile, over 175 million games of the series have been sold.