The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Skip · Strategy · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 30, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 22h
- Value
- $1.36/hr
- Reviews
- 73% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 600, AMD Radeon HD 7000, Intel HD Graphics 620, 17 GB of storage. Windows only.
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
What drives the score
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $14.99, set in June 2026. It has been discounted 10 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 47 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre. On the same math The Sims™ Legacy Collection ($19.99, scores 31) and Espresso Tycoon ($19.99, scores 47) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
The press liked it more than its buyers did, 90 against 73 percent.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 50 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2025 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 125 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 10 of the 50 refunded reviewers were past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 890 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
The Sims 2 holds a very unique and incredibly special place in my heart. No matter how much time passes, it will always stay right there. From my childhood all the way to my current age, it has been one of those rare games that truly nurtured my creativity. Whether it was playing out the fun stories I had written or watching The Sims 2 videos other people made online, it was an entirely different kind of joy; I even...
This game is such a classic, and the gameplay is better than all the others in the series. You can download free CC just like you could when the game was first released, which allows for so much customization.
Bit of a joke to pay £25 for a game only for it to start crashing 12 hours in. Was running perfectly until now, shame on you EA.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection scores 30/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3314070/the-sims-2-legacy-collectionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Sep 30.
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