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Separate guides were released for the base games and all [[Expansionexpansion Packspack]]s for ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2''. Guides for ''The Sims 2'' were written by [[Greg Kramer]].

Guides for the ''The Sims 3'' base game and the first three expansion packs (''[[The Sims 3: World Adventures|World Adventures]]'', ''[[The Sims 3: Ambitions|Ambitions]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night|Late Night]]'') were released as normal. It was then announced that the (much shorter) guide for ''[[The Sims 3: Generations|Generations]]'' would only be available as part of a boxed set containing pocket-sized versions of all four previous game guides and a guide to the forthcoming ''Pets'' expansion, and which would also include an item catalogue listing the contents of the first four stuff packs (''[[The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff|High-End Loft Stuff]]'', ''[[The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff|Fast Lane Stuff]]'', ''[[The Sims 3: Outdoor Living Stuff|Outdoor Living Stuff]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff|Town Life Stuff]]''), making this the only occasion when [[Stuff Packs]] were given official guides. With ''[[The Sims 3: Pets]]'' Prima resumed releasing separate, print copy editions of guides for each expansion pack, continuing with ''[[The Sims 3: Showtime|Showtime]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Supernatural|Supernatural]]''. However, the print release of the guide for ''[[The Sims 3: Seasons]]'' was cancelled shortly before the expected publication date, and the guides for ''Seasons'' and ''[[The Sims 3: University Life|University Life]]'' were released in eBook format only. Prima later announced that there would be no separate guide to ''[[The Sims 3: Island Paradise|Island Paradise]]'' (similar to the earlier case with ''Generations''), and there has been no official comment on whether they will release a guide for ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future|Into the Future]]'', although since the publication of the guide has normally been timed to coincide with the release of the game this now seems unlikely. According to the website [http://simsvip.com/2013/06/16/no-prima-guide-for-sims-3-island-paradise/ SimsVIP] a "compilation" print guide has been announced, rumoured to contain the "missing" guides for ''Seasons'', ''University Life'', ''Island Paradise'' and ''Into the Future'', though this has yet to be confirmed on Prima's official website.

Guides for all of ''The Sims'' expansions and the guide to ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'' include a section which re-prints the base game guide in full. From ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife|Nightlife]]'' onwards this was reduced to a brief (one- or two-page) chapter on the basic features of the base game and features carried forward from formerprevious expansions. Guides for ''The Sims 3'' expansion packs feature a basic "primer" chapter on the base game, which re-prints heavily edited sections from the base game guide.

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