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Are you asking about Sims 4 or another Sims? Since this is posted in franchise you could mean any pc or console game. Some games have variations in what you may think is appropriate or not.
Some mods will add very adult themes that are not naturally in the game. Be mindful if your child knows how to download and install mods. They can watch tutorials easily on youtube. Also some simmers may make adult videos or references in videos on youtube.
The game is T for teen and usually toy with the idea of some adult themes but never goes explicit. Most sims games features many "life states" that feature occult characters, like vampires, witches, zombies and more. In some games religion is practiced (TSM) or referenced. There may be seasonal or holiday/religious activities or objects in some games. Some games have creepy music or dialogue to make the player feel unsteady or anxious.
Violence
Any violence in the game is mostly exaggerated and cartoony. Most sims will die naturally from old age, others may have a surprising or possibly disturbing death that can come about randomly. You can die by shaking a vending machine over and over again in TS4:Snowy Escape. If your home is too dirty and leave plates everywhere, your sim can die by flies consuming their body in a mass flurry in The Sims 2.
Most of these kind of deaths can be avoided if you know what to look out for. It is a staple in sims franchise to add new kinds of deaths in expansions and games because simmers are amused by them. Some of these odd deaths cannot happen to babies, toddlers, or pregnant sims. Sims cannot murder each other, but they can slap, shove, yell, and fist fight others. The fights are mostly slapstick. They may get a moodlet or angry feeling but they do not leave scars or bruises. The player can remove doors / pool ladders in some games to trap a sim where they will die of starvation, drowning etc.
There are no 'weapons' in the game per say in the game (no guns, bombs, knives to hurt others). Some toys,objects, or life states can cause harm to others. Vampires may bite sims necks, cowplant can swallow and eat sims, drones can zap sims (Sims 2:OFB)
Sexuality
Sims can be nude, strip, skinny dip, (play strip poker in TS1), and flash others. The game will not show sexual organs, there is a mosiac blur that covers their body when a sim is nude.
Sims can have sex called 'woohoo' in the game. In each expansion it is also a staple to add new "whoohoo" spots. Sims may have sex in the car, a dumpster, a treehouse, a hot tub, a closet, on public property etc across various games. Sims can have multiple love interests and infidelity is possible. They can be pregnant and have babies. Sims can kiss, massage, make out, grab butts, flirt and whatnot with other sims. In Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle, there may be a neighborhood action enacted called "free love" where sims will romance anyone.
Puberty is typically not experienced in the game ie. Sims will not menusrate, boys voices will not crack. Sims will "age up" to a older life state and immediately have breast and deeper voices. However in TS2 teens may develop acne.
Sims typically do not have a gender preference, sims can romance the same sex. In TS4 lgbtq features have expanded in CAS to make transgender, non-binary, or other body shapes/features (can choose whether a single sim can impregnate or impregnantes others). In Sims 2 sims have "turn ons / turn offs" that choose what a sim is attracted to. This ranges from body shape to underwear to hair color. In Sims 3 & 4 you can alter breast size.
Teen sims cannot be pregnant, but can romance other teens. Teens can "play in bed" with a partner or alone in TS4. In various games strangers or friends may ask your sim out for dates or flirt with your sims. In TS3 you may get love letters from friends or strangers. In one dialogue, it is hinted that the sender sent you an explicit photo of themselves. In all games, sims cannot be married to more than 1 sim at a time. In some games your sims can have an aspiriation or goal to have as many romantic partners as possible, or have "whoohoo" with multiple partners. Some sexual or explicit actions cannot be performed on a lot where children are present.
Drug/Alcohol Use
Alcohol is called "juice" in some games. There will be bars that are given a designed to look like alcohol, or drinks that do, but no game explicitly states a drink contains alcohol. In some university games TS3,TS2, a "bubble blower" machine is available that looks like a large hookah. Sims can blow bubbles and get high. In TS3 there are "herbs" (lavender, licorise) etc that artsy sims want to obtain and add to dishes that give them moodlet boosts.
Profanity
Sims does not use profanity, think those old orbit gum commericals. Any dialogue just may hint at a profanity. Sims speak "Simlish" a made up language. Sims when fustrated my show a speech bubble that is referencing to foul language (TS1), usually something like: "@#$&%!"
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This is what I remember to the best of my ability! Of course there may be much more im missing but it also depends on the game. For example Sims Urbz way different from My Sims (which is tame like Animal Crossing). You can also use commonsensemedia for parental reccomendations and comments on any of the games. Of course whether you feel like the game is appropriate for you child will depend on you, the maturity of the child, what your personal morals are.
May edit to add or correct some things. Happy Simming!
Some mods will add very adult themes that are not naturally in the game. Be mindful if your child knows how to download and install mods. They can watch tutorials easily on youtube. Also some simmers may make adult videos or references in videos on youtube.
The game is T for teen and usually toy with the idea of some adult themes but never goes explicit. Most sims games features many "life states" that feature occult characters, like vampires, witches, zombies and more. In some games religion is practiced (TSM) or referenced. There may be seasonal or holiday/religious activities or objects in some games. Some games have creepy music or dialogue to make the player feel unsteady or anxious.
Violence
Any violence in the game is mostly exaggerated and cartoony. Most sims will die naturally from old age, others may have a surprising or possibly disturbing death that can come about randomly. You can die by shaking a vending machine over and over again in TS4:Snowy Escape. If your home is too dirty and leave plates everywhere, your sim can die by flies consuming their body in a mass flurry in The Sims 2.
Most of these kind of deaths can be avoided if you know what to look out for. It is a staple in sims franchise to add new kinds of deaths in expansions and games because simmers are amused by them. Some of these odd deaths cannot happen to babies, toddlers, or pregnant sims. Sims cannot murder each other, but they can slap, shove, yell, and fist fight others. The fights are mostly slapstick. They may get a moodlet or angry feeling but they do not leave scars or bruises. The player can remove doors / pool ladders in some games to trap a sim where they will die of starvation, drowning etc.
There are no 'weapons' in the game per say in the game (no guns, bombs, knives to hurt others). Some toys,objects, or life states can cause harm to others. Vampires may bite sims necks, cowplant can swallow and eat sims, drones can zap sims (Sims 2:OFB)
Sexuality
Sims can be nude, strip, skinny dip, (play strip poker in TS1), and flash others. The game will not show sexual organs, there is a mosiac blur that covers their body when a sim is nude.
Sims can have sex called 'woohoo' in the game. In each expansion it is also a staple to add new "whoohoo" spots. Sims may have sex in the car, a dumpster, a treehouse, a hot tub, a closet, on public property etc across various games. Sims can have multiple love interests and infidelity is possible. They can be pregnant and have babies. Sims can kiss, massage, make out, grab butts, flirt and whatnot with other sims. In Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle, there may be a neighborhood action enacted called "free love" where sims will romance anyone.
Puberty is typically not experienced in the game ie. Sims will not menusrate, boys voices will not crack. Sims will "age up" to a older life state and immediately have breast and deeper voices. However in TS2 teens may develop acne.
Sims typically do not have a gender preference, sims can romance the same sex. In TS4 lgbtq features have expanded in CAS to make transgender, non-binary, or other body shapes/features (can choose whether a single sim can impregnate or impregnantes others). In Sims 2 sims have "turn ons / turn offs" that choose what a sim is attracted to. This ranges from body shape to underwear to hair color. In Sims 3 & 4 you can alter breast size.
Teen sims cannot be pregnant, but can romance other teens. Teens can "play in bed" with a partner or alone in TS4. In various games strangers or friends may ask your sim out for dates or flirt with your sims. In TS3 you may get love letters from friends or strangers. In one dialogue, it is hinted that the sender sent you an explicit photo of themselves. In all games, sims cannot be married to more than 1 sim at a time. In some games your sims can have an aspiriation or goal to have as many romantic partners as possible, or have "whoohoo" with multiple partners. Some sexual or explicit actions cannot be performed on a lot where children are present.
Drug/Alcohol Use
Alcohol is called "juice" in some games. There will be bars that are given a designed to look like alcohol, or drinks that do, but no game explicitly states a drink contains alcohol. In some university games TS3,TS2, a "bubble blower" machine is available that looks like a large hookah. Sims can blow bubbles and get high. In TS3 there are "herbs" (lavender, licorise) etc that artsy sims want to obtain and add to dishes that give them moodlet boosts.
Profanity
Sims does not use profanity, think those old orbit gum commericals. Any dialogue just may hint at a profanity. Sims speak "Simlish" a made up language. Sims when fustrated my show a speech bubble that is referencing to foul language (TS1), usually something like: "@#$&%!"
▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎
This is what I remember to the best of my ability! Of course there may be much more im missing but it also depends on the game. For example Sims Urbz way different from My Sims (which is tame like Animal Crossing). You can also use commonsensemedia for parental reccomendations and comments on any of the games. Of course whether you feel like the game is appropriate for you child will depend on you, the maturity of the child, what your personal morals are.
May edit to add or correct some things. Happy Simming!
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