

And speaking on the latter, same-sex couples can adopt and even have biological children together. In the meantime, you'll build the house of your dreams, find your soulmate, and build a family. You can take to space as an astronaut, climb the ranks in a criminal enterprise, or take matters of the planet into your own hands as a conservationist. The Sims 4 (opens in new tab) tells you that you can do anything, and in this world you actually can.

And fortunately, the latest entry in the series, The Sims 4, is a faithful evolution of the foundation laid down by the nearly 20-year-old first game, sure to please fans of the franchise and newcomers in search of a new, less chaotic world. It would seem blasphemous to speak of life simulation games without invoking the genre's most prolific franchise, The Sims.
