Genre SimulationReleased Jan 27, 2011
The Sims™ 3
Developed by The Sims Studio, Maxis · Published by Electronic Arts
$19.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$6.45M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$4.52M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
654.8K
≈ 19 sales per review
Reviews
34,440
Very Positive86% positive
Playing now
1,085
14-day peak 1,259 · low 993
New reviews, last 14 days
+38
≈ 3 a day since Oct 4
History
Oct 4 – Oct 18
34.4K34.4K34.4K34.4K
Oct 4Oct 11Oct 18
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Simulation →Against the 130 most-reviewed Simulation games on Steam
Outearns 24% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.
Median
$19.38M
113,507 reviews
Top 10% start at
$104.33M
This game
$6.45M
1st pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
- Developer
- The Sims Studio, Maxis
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Genre
- Simulation
- Released
- Jan 27, 2011
- Steam app ID
- 47890
- Data updated
- Oct 18, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.