The Sims 3: Pets

Bring excitement and surprise into your Sims' lives with pets in The Sims 3: Pets, an expansion pack for The Sims 3! Create the perfect (or imperfect) pets for your Sims, from fierce guard dogs to destructive…

79 18 October 2011 10 cheats

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

The Sims 3: Pets is an adventure developed by Maxis, released 18 October 2011 on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac. This page lists 10 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 3: Pets is

The Sims 3: Pets is an adventure game developed by Maxis and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Sims 3 Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Make your Sims’ home feel even more alive with a new pet! Sometimes an animal is the best companion. Your Sims will love their new pets and all the things they can do. Teaching them tricks is only the beginning. They’ll travel with your Sims as they go about their day, and provide endless and unpredictable entertainment. Just like your Sims, these pets are customizable, with their own unique appearances and traits. And they’re smart, too: They can be taught to accomplish a wide variety of actions outside of the usual “Fetch!” and even warn your Sims when danger threatens. Pets will enjoy their own social lives with other animals, and you might end up with new mouths to feed! Or tame wild…

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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: Pets is the 86th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3: Pets in 2011. Its critic score of 79 is 8 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: Pets holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for For XP 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent / For Windows Vista and Windows 7 2.4 GHz, For XP 1 GB RAM / For Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.5 GB RAM. For NVIDIA ION™ computers, the game requires at least 2.0 GB RAM. and 128 MB Video Card with Pixel Shader 2.0 support. 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 4GB.

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What it launched against

The Sims 3: Pets launched on 18 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 10 cheat entries for The Sims 3: Pets — 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 5 videos →

Screenshots

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These are The Sims 3 codes

The Sims 3: Pets 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: Pets — frequently asked questions

When did The Sims 3: Pets come out?

The Sims 3: Pets was released on 18 October 2011 for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Are there cheat codes for The Sims 3: Pets?

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

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

At minimum, The Sims 3: Pets needs For XP 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent / For Windows Vista and Windows 7 2.4 GHz, For XP 1 GB RAM / For Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.5 GB RAM. For NVIDIA ION™ computers, the game requires at least 2.0 GB RAM., 128 MB Video Card with Pixel Shader 2.0 support graphics, At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games. 9.6 GB of hard drive of storage.

How many GB is The Sims 3: Pets?

The PC version needs about 3.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games. 9.6 GB of hard drive"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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