Prima official game guide

Prima Games, a division of Random House, is a publishing company for video game strategy guides. They normally feature in-depth walkthroughs to completing the game and the characters. To date, guides have been released for The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. Separate guides were released for all expansion packs for The Sims 1 and 2. Guides for the first three The Sims 3 expansion packs were released, and it was then announced that the (much shorter) guide for The Sims 3: Generations would only be available as part of a boxed set containing pocket-sized versions of all previous guides; the box set also included an item catalogue listing the contents of the first four stuff packs. With The Sims 3: Pets Prima Games resumed releasing separate, print copy editions of guides for each expansion pack. However, with the release of The Sims 3: Seasons it was announced that the guides would be released only in eBook format. From The Sims 3: Island Paradise onward, no new guides have been released. According to the website SimsVIP a "compilation" print guide has been announced, rumoured to contain the "missing" guides for Seasons, The Sims 3: University Life, Island Paradise and The Sims 3: Into the Future.

Prima Games have also published a number of guides on Sims spin-off games, including The Sims (console versions), The Sims: Bustin' Out, The Urbz: Sims in the City, The Sims 2 Castaway (console versions) and The Sims Medieval (base game only).

Guides for titles in The Sims series will often list new objects and interactions, as well as new premade Sims and lots. It is not unknown for details to change between the time a guide goes to press and the time a title is released, so the information in a Prima guide is not always 100% accurate.