How often do you create families and households that have multiple sims?

Most of the time I start off with a single sim but sometimes I’ll make a small family or roommates or even just a pair of siblings. I do like to make bigger families in cas to use as townies but I usually don’t play with them.

I play rotationally so i have many households, but only a few are single sims. Some are couples, most are families of various sizes, a few are families with grandparents included, some have pets, some are occults. Lots of variety.

I started my main save with a handful of household consisting of 2-4 roommates each. That was seven years ago. After that I hardly created any household.

When I start a test save, I almost always use the main couple from my novel, but they also start off as friends, not as lovers.

The first ever save I played in TS4 I started off with and elderly couple and their grandchild. I then had to move in some some random townie because the elders died before the child grew up to be a teen and that would quickly have ended that family.

I usually start the save with 1-2 sims
(depending if i use gallery cause im usually quite exhausted after creating one sim and just wanna play)

but i sometimes make some background households in cas that may be like 1-4 sims usually occults cause i always feel like adding more occults to my game

or add premades from other sims games or such

most of the families are made in gameplay tho

I notice most of my households tend to be couples or couples with a toddler or child. I love family play and just want to dive into the parenthood aspect. A few times I had a few couples, or single parents, but I rarely have single sims households.

(I’m a rotational player. I usually play with Aging Off, and then age the younger sims when I feel like it.)

I have my core families in the game already. So, It's been a while since I've added families bigger than 4 sims. I've been adding single sims lately and they are usually paired with existing characters.

I'm not sure I have ever created a family in CAS. I have downloaded a few. I usually create a single Sim and move them. Start their lives and then go back into CAS and create their partner. They usually have a chance meeting on community lots or they are in the same club together. I don't really do a lot of family play. I play with aging off and let my Sims climb the career ladder, and live the nightlife, party life, and take them on vacations.

It's usually just one sim, but occasionally I'll create a couple. There are no children in my games, I find them annoying lol

Two seem ideal. That few and they can both be my favourite. One and a cat is even better in some ways. Sometimes I make one, spend all their money and get lonely, and the next day create a housemate who can move in and have fun with them.

I have one main save that I just keep adding new Sims to. The household sizes vary but my least favorite to play is a single Sim household because I want more dramatic potential. I switch around and play whatever household I feel like in the moment and usually take them to community lots for funsies. I like when my Sims encounter each other out in the world, it adds more to the spice of their lives, especially since I have a lot of Occults around, lol.