
The last expansion pack, Makin' Magic, was released on October 29, 2003. The first expansion pack, Livin' Large, was released on August 27, 2000. Expansion packs tend to focus on major new features, with many objects, clothes, styles, worlds and life states are geared towards the pack's major theme.

Windows versions were published by Electronic Arts, and Mac OS X versions were published by Aspyr.

All expansion packs were developed by Maxis for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Seven expansion packs were released for the 2000 life simulation video game The Sims, the first major title in The Sims series. Video game series The Sims expansion packs
