The Sims 3: Showtime

Live the rags to riches story with your Sims while connected to your friends with The Sims 3: Showtime. Experience the rise to stardom as your Sim performs on stage from one venue to the next as a DJ, a…

60 6 March 2012 ESRB T 10 cheats

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

The Sims 3: Showtime is an adventure developed by Maxis, released 6 March 2012 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 10 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 3: Showtime is

The Sims 3: Showtime is an adventure game developed by Maxis and released in 2012. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on 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

Escape the humdrum of ordinary Sim life and pursue a more entertaining existence. Make Sim pop history - the fame and fortune of big name celebrity is within your reach. It's time to hop on stage and show the world what you've got. Work to make your Sim a new sensation in entertainment. Become a singer, DJ, or famous magician. In addition to building your career, you'll create the perfect venue where your Sim will perform regularly before adoring audiences. And, for the first time, you can take your Sim out of your world and into a friend's game, or you can invite others into your world and let them perform at your personal venue. Your Sim is ready for the big time and opportunity is…

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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the The Sims series

The Sims 3: Showtime is the 92nd of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3: Showtime Katy Perry Collector's Edition in 2012. 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: Showtime 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 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent for XP/2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent for Vista and Windows 7 and At least 1 GB for XP / 1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7 / at least 2 GB For NVIDIA ION™ computers of RAM. 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 2GB.

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What it launched against

The Sims 3: Showtime launched on 6 March 2012, within three weeks of Mass Effect 3, Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and Kid Icarus: Uprising. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect 3, Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 10 cheat entries for The Sims 3: Showtime — 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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The Sims 3: Showtime gameplay screenshot

Every code labelled

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These are The Sims 3 codes

The Sims 3: Showtime 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: Showtime — frequently asked questions

When did The Sims 3: Showtime come out?

The Sims 3: Showtime was released on 6 March 2012 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Are there cheat codes for The Sims 3: Showtime?

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

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

At minimum, The Sims 3: Showtime needs 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent for XP/2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent for Vista and Windows 7, At least 1 GB for XP / 1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7 / at least 2 GB For NVIDIA ION™ computers of RAM, At least 1.5 GB of free space (7 GB if installing with The Sims 3) with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and sa of storage.

How many GB is The Sims 3: Showtime?

The PC version needs about 1.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("At least 1.5 GB of free space (7 GB if installing with The Sims 3) with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and sa"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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