User can also direct the characters to socialize with other characters, the user will need to purchase a lot of items to fulfill their needs and wants. All of these things must be done in a limited time frame - the person has to go to work, school, or take care of the home, after person wakes up from the bed, they have a set amount of time before they have to go to sleep. User has to fulfill the basic needs - the need to sleep, eat, socialize with others and use the bathroom, want for other needs and wants such as advance skills, new friends, money. User has to take care of daily needs and wants, which are influenced personality and surroundings. Sims 3 is a life simulation game, in which the person controls the lives of virtual people called.

Player's person may be a child, an adult, or elderly. User can also socialize with other Sims in the neighborhood. Player can make work on a career, build or buy a house, build relationships with other characters, have pets. User must take care of needs of the person, such as hunger, hygiene, energy.

Sims 3 is a simulation game where the player creates and controls a character called a Sim, and is able to set challenges.