The Sims 3: Generations

Enjoy a whole spectrum of rich life experiences with your Sims in The Sims 3: Generations. Start off in the imagination-fueled world of childhood and embrace the drama of the teen years. Experience the…

68 31 May 2011 10 cheats

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

The Sims 3: Generations is an adventure developed by The Sims Studio, released 31 May 2011 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 10 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 3: Generations is

The Sims 3: Generations is an adventure game developed by The Sims Studio and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Sims 3 Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The parties that were the talk of the town now go into overdrive, with more elaborate choices that will thrill your social butterflies. Childhood gets a special boost to its regular eating and pooping routine with brand new strollers for purchase, and a very special doll. With enough imagination spent on this unique toy, your child can create their very own imaginary friend. Play with the new costume trunk, or hide away in their tree house. Your Sim kids have more to do than ever before. As your Sim kids get older, live out your wildest teen-angst ridden rebellion fantasies with the newest ability: pranks. Paired with a little skill in the Chemistry path, your pranks can become elaborate…

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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: Generations is the 81st of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff in 2011. Its critic score of 68 is 3 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: Generations holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel or AMD Dual-Core Prozessor (1.9 GHz) or better, 2GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTS250 / ATI Radeon HD4800 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

The Sims 3: Generations launched on 31 May 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Terraria. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Terraria.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 10 cheat entries for The Sims 3: Generations — 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 4 videos →

Screenshots

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The Sims 3: Generations gameplay screenshot

Every code labelled

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These are The Sims 3 codes

The Sims 3: Generations 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

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Quick answers

The Sims 3: Generations — frequently asked questions

When did The Sims 3: Generations come out?

The Sims 3: Generations was released on 31 May 2011 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Are there cheat codes for The Sims 3: Generations?

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

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

At minimum, The Sims 3: Generations needs Intel or AMD Dual-Core Prozessor (1.9 GHz) or better, 2GB RAM, NVIDIA Geforce GTS250 / ATI Radeon HD4800 or better graphics, 1.5 GB hard drive space of storage.

How many GB is The Sims 3: Generations?

The PC version needs about 1.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1.5 GB hard drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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