The Sims 3 cheats: all cheat codes for PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox

Part of the fun of The Sims 3is being able to, well, simulate real life. Sure, it isn’t the most realistic simulation, but being able to control a person’s life from their job to how they decorate their home is appealing to a huge swath of players. Because the fun comes from being able to customize and tweak things just how you want, it doesn’t really feel like breaking the rules to use some cheats to make your game even more customizable, right? After all, you’re just trying to give you Sim their best life … or worst, depending on what mood you’re in. However you decide to use all these Sims 3 cheats, we won’t judge.

How to cheat in Sims 3

The basic cheats we will go over first need to be typed into the cheat console by hitting Ctrl + Shift + C (Command + Shift + C on Mac).

To reach the cheat console on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or another console, you’ll need to press all shoulder and trigger buttons simultaneously.

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Cheats aren’t case-sensitive and can be activated at any time.

Basic cheats

Cheat Effect help Lists most of the available commands at the moment (advanced cheats are also displayed with testingcheatsenabled true). help [CHEATNAME] Displays specific information about the cheat. enableLlamas on/true/off/false Turns on/off the llamas. Joke notifications appear in the top-right corner. Does not affect gameplay. jokePlease Prints a random, weird, and corny joke in the console. Does not affect gameplay. fullscreen on/true/off/false Toggles between full-screen and windowed mode. fps on/true/off/false Turns the frame rate display in the upperright corner on or off. fadeObjects on/true/off/false Toggles whether objects fade when the camera gets close to them. Does not apply to Sims. testingCheatsEnabled on/true/off/false Enables the cheats