The Sims 3: Into the Future

Fire up the Time Portal and send your Sims to their most exciting destination yet: a whole new world that exists hundreds of years in the future in The Sims 3: Into the Future, an expansion pack for The Sims…

80 22 October 2013 10 cheats

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

The Sims 3: Into the Future is an adventure developed by Maxis, released 22 October 2013 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 10 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 3: Into the Future is

The Sims 3: Into the Future is an adventure game developed by Maxis and released in 2013. 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

Now your Sims have a brand-new playground. Jump through the time portal, gang, we're off to the future! This world, hundreds of years from now, is a huge realm ripe with fresh experiences to live and hot technology to discover. Want your Sims to zoom around on hoverboards or jet packs... or ride through the city in tube elevators and sleek monorails? No problem. That future is now. But this timeline isn't set. You have the freedom to jump from future to present. Witness for yourself how your Sims' actions now can affect the world centuries away. One small tweak and your Sims could bring a meteoric Armageddon raining down. Where's your utopia now? All the amenities of the distant future are…

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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: Into the Future is the 110th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3: Roaring Heights in 2013. Its critic score of 80 is 9 points above 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: Into the Future holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent, (XP) 1 GB; (Vista) 1.5 GB of RAM and 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 7GB.

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What it launched against

The Sims 3: Into the Future launched on 22 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 10 cheat entries for The Sims 3: Into the Future — 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 6 videos →

Screenshots

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These are The Sims 3 codes

The Sims 3: Into the Future 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: Into the Future — frequently asked questions

When did The Sims 3: Into the Future come out?

The Sims 3: Into the Future was released on 22 October 2013 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Are there cheat codes for The Sims 3: Into the Future?

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

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

At minimum, The Sims 3: Into the Future needs (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent, (XP) 1 GB; (Vista) 1.5 GB of RAM, 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 graphics, At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content of storage.

How many GB is The Sims 3: Into the Future?

The PC version needs about 6.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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