The Sims 3: Ambitions

Imagine a world where you can make your Sim anything they want to be. Widen your Sim's horizons with a bunch of killer career opportunities. With The Sims 3: Ambitions, an expansion pack for The Sims 2, decide…

60 1 June 2010 ESRB T 10 cheats

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy Comedy Fantasy Romance Sandbox

The Sims 3: Ambitions is an adventure developed by Maxis, released 1 June 2010 on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 10 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 3: Ambitions is

The Sims 3: Ambitions is an adventure game developed by Maxis and released in 2010. It was published by EA Mobile. It is available on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Sims 3 Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tired of just watching the Sims go to work and wave their arms around during important corporate meetings? With Ambitions, you’re not only given access a whole new set of career options, but you’re in complete control of your Sims as they work. So now you can make them wave their arms around frantically instead of simply watching them do it. New career paths include the brave firefighter, the crafty private investigator, and... a ghost hunter? Well... yes, of course. The prestigious ghost hunter career opportunity is yours to pursue if you’ve always told yourself, “I ain’t afraid of no ghost.” Once you choose a career you’ll have various tasks to complete in order to continue that job…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, romance and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Sims series

The Sims 3: Ambitions is the 69th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff in 2010. Its critic score of 60 is 11 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is The Sims 4: Parenthood at 90.

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How it was received

The Sims 3: Ambitions holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista and Windows 7) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent, (XP) 1 GB RAM; (Vista and Windows 7) 1.5 GB RAM and A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.

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What it launched against

The Sims 3: Ambitions launched on 1 June 2010, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake and Xenoblade Chronicles. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake, Xenoblade Chronicles.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 10 cheat entries for The Sims 3: Ambitions — 9 cheat codes and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →

Screenshots

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Every code labelled

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These are The Sims 3 codes

The Sims 3: Ambitions is loaded by the base game, so its console and its codes are the base game’s. Nothing extra is installed.

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Fill needs

With testing cheats on, the mailbox menu can refill the household's needs.

Enable testingcheatsenabled true, then hold shift and click the mailbox.

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Move objects anywhere

Removes placement restrictions in build and buy mode.

Open the console with Ctrl+Shift+C and type the command.

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Open the cheat console

Opens the text box every other cheat is typed into.

Press all three keys together during play. A box appears at the top of the screen.

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Parents

The Sims 3

2 June 2009

Quick answers

The Sims 3: Ambitions — frequently asked questions

When did The Sims 3: Ambitions come out?

The Sims 3: Ambitions was released on 1 June 2010 for iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Are there cheat codes for The Sims 3: Ambitions?

Yes. We list 10 cheat codes and console command for The Sims 3: Ambitions, grouped by platform, with the exact button combination or command for each.

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Sims 3: Ambitions?

At minimum, The Sims 3: Ambitions needs (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista and Windows 7) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent, (XP) 1 GB RAM; (Vista and Windows 7) 1.5 GB RAM, A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 graphics, At least 2.8 GB of free space (8.9 GB if installing with The Sims 3)with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and s of storage.

How many GB is The Sims 3: Ambitions?

The PC version needs about 2.8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("At least 2.8 GB of free space (8.9 GB if installing with The Sims 3)with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and s"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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