List of Sims games with alternate names

Some games in The Sims series have alternate names which have a different name. For example, The Sims 3 High-End Loft Stuff is also known as The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff. The Sims games sometimes are referred different from their official name (EG, The Sims 3: Generations instead of The Sims 3 Generations; The Sims 3 Medieval instead of The Sims Medieval). This article will show you the games' other names


 * Game's name: The game's official name such as the name used in-game, the website or manual.
 * Alternate name: The game's other official name. Usually these title names are used in the European Union or otherwise named differently from US and Canada.
 * Also known as: The game's other name but this may not be their official name such as The Sims 3: Generations, The Sims 3D and The Sims 3 Medieval (Generations, The Sims 3 for 3DS and The Sims Medieval respectively. IE, The Sims 3: Generations (Although referred as The Sims 3 Generations by EA and ingame) is the official name but The Sims 3 Medieval would not.
 * Unofficial names are in bold. EG, The URBZ Sims (The Urbz: Sims in the City) or The Sims 3D (The Sims 3 for 3DS).
 * Titles that are officially used to refer to the game but is not the game's main title are in italics. (EG, The Sims 3: Generations, The Sims 3 for Console etc.)
 * Names that are used in the European Union or are otherwise named differently from the US version are in bold italics.
 * Short name: The game's short name

Trivia

 * Games are sometimes spelled with a colon such as The Sims 3: Generations rather than The Sims 3 Generations or The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff rather than The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff.
 * The Sims Wiki also spells the EP and SP names with a colon (Such as The Sims 3: Generations instead of The Sims 3 Generations). EA does this as well as well as The Sims 2.

Other alternate name examples

 * The Sims 3 for PS3, Xbox 360, DS and Wii are referred as The Sims 3 for Console on EA's website although their name is The Sims 3. EA might have used this name so users would not be confused with The Sims 3 (Windows and Mac OS X).
 * However, this is not used on the 3DS version where it is referred as The Sims 3 for 3DS instead or The Sims 3 Pets.
 * EA and users may sometimes use colons.
 * The Sims 2 University is referred as The Sims 2: University when the icon of that game is moused over.
 * The Game Explorer on Windows Vista and Windows 7 refers The Sims Deluxe Edition and The Sims Life Stories as The Sims: Deluxe Edition and The Sims: Life Stories, respectively.
 * EA spells all EPs and SPs with a colon on EA Support pages such as The Sims 3: Generations and The Sims 3: Town Life.
 * However, EA's website and Origin do not use colons on The Sims 3 EPs and SPs.
 * On the DS, The Urbz: Sims in the City is referred as The Urbz Sims in the City. This does not occur on the Gamecube as it is spelled as The Urbz: Sims in the City.