I was getting a bit bored of the traditional life sim routine, but it turns out I just needed more hobbies which Heartopia is happy to provide

I've played a lot of life sims but, as much as I love the routine of setting up a new life in a small town, I've started to ...

How to make The Sims 4 fun, a decade after launch

Expansions like Enchanted by Nature have seriously improved The Sims 4. Here’s how to have fun with The Sims, with DLC.
Inverse

Life Sims Are Still Alive And Well On Nintendo Switch With The Next Console On The Way

A healthy crop of life sims showed up at the recent Nintendo Direct. The considerably less well-known Tamagotchi Connection life sim series also gets a followup in Tamagotchi Plaza. This life sim is ...
The New York Times

Life Got Hard. The Sims Got Easy.

As the daily grind becomes “gamified,” players are nostalgic for older, more chaotic versions of the life simulation game By Kim Hew-Low While playing The Sims 4 — the latest iteration of the wildly ...

Life sims are in a slump and the only way out is becoming strategy games again

Even with new competition in the mix, the life sim genre feels so afraid of being difficult, but that's what made the ...