The Sims is an extremely popular video game series with numerous expansion packs and “stuff” packs. These expansions provided extra features for the originally released versions of the game.

You should install expansion packs in order whenever possible. Each one builds on the previous pack and includes patches for previous expansions as well. Installing them in the order of release limits conflicts and possible errors. For example, a newer pack may contain updates to a previous expansion release, but if that release is not installed at the time, those updates won’t be implemented. Subsequently, installing the older expansion then installs an out-of-date version of the feature or function that was updated in the later expansion. 

With that in mind, here is the launch order for the expansions for The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.

The Sims 2 Expansion Packs

There are eight expansion packs for The Sims 2, and they were published in this order:

The Sims 2 Stuff Packs

In addition, the following ten stuff packs were released:

The Sims 3 Expansion Packs

The Sims 3 has 11 expansion packs published in this order:

The Sims 3 Stuff Packs

The Sims 3 also has nine stuff packs. They are, in order of release:

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