A few months back, things weren’t going all that well for me, so to distract myself from the horrible reality I was living in I just kept playing The Sims. One day, I ended up playing for at least 25-26 hours non-stop, and this makes me wonder how long you’ve been able to play in one sitting?

I've done this a few times, and before I go any further I will say that I do have insomnia issues, and have ever since I can remember, and this is something that runs in my family. With that out of the way, it is not uncommon for me to be awake for mostly 24 to 48 hours, and the longest was 72. Now that being said the longest I played around 35 hours straight, but at the time there were some personal issues that I just wanted to not think about at the time, it helped me de-stress from that.

36 hours, I have horrible insomnia issues and most of the time nothing to do due to some health issues x'D

I haven't timed it but I guess 4-5 hours when I work a shift that allows me to play during it as that's how long the shift would be and I have nothing else to do there. This isn't often though. At home I do 1-2 hr sessions a couple evenings a week. I would love to play more but I am a single parent of a young child so would be impossible to do a day long session like that.

Sims 2 my record was probably about 12 hours in one sittingSims 3 just last weekend I played from like 6AM to about 10PMSims 4 the longest I've probably played in one sitting is maybe 2 hours? and I was building a mansion at the time.

What’s the longest amount of time you’ve played The Sims for in one go?

19 Replies

SimAlexandria
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I haven't timed it but I guess 4-5 hours when I work a shift that allows me to play during it as that's how long the shift would be and I have nothing else to do there. This isn't often though. At home I do 1-2 hr sessions a couple evenings a week. I would love to play more but I am a single parent of a young child so would be impossible to do a day long session like that.
LaBlue0314
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I've done this a few times, and before I go any further I will say that I do have insomnia issues, and have ever since I can remember, and this is something that runs in my family. With that out of the way, it is not uncommon for me to be awake for mostly 24 to 48 hours, and the longest was 72. Now that being said the longest I played around 35 hours straight, but at the time there were some personal issues that I just wanted to not think about at the time, it helped me de-stress from that.
techbilt
7 years ago
Sims 2 my record was probably about 12 hours in one sitting

Sims 3 just last weekend I played from like 6AM to about 10PM

Sims 4 the longest I've probably played in one sitting is maybe 2 hours? and I was building a mansion at the time.
Suziish
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I'm not sure what my record is, but when I'm really into my game and enjoying it, I can easily log 12 hours a day, if not more.
LadyKyn
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Usually depends on what I'm doing. If it's my day off usually about five to six hours on average.
timurjr96
7 years ago
3 hours tops
sobenewbie
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I'm not telling. ?
DoloresGrey
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I guess 8 hours, maybe even more
MasonGamerBoi
7 years ago
Oh I've for sure played for 18 hours straight just the other day. One, I had just learned about the Playing in First Person Update from last year. and I gotta say my mind is blown. I had no idea this was a thing. All I need is to be able to move around using the arrow keys instead of clicking *Go here.* Second reason I just wanted build. I've had builder's Block over the past couple of week. and I think I finally decided on whatI wanted the Main structure of my Farm House-Mansion to look like. So I got the main structure Down it's just the floor plan of the house that will branch off of the main.
mebagl15
7 years ago
About 12 hours. I can really get involved in designing and building houses.