For example, the homes by the public beach are generally cheap, making them homes for lower-middle class type Sims, although (if viewing the water as south), the further west you go the nicer they become, until they’re more like upper-middle class type homes.

The houses in Sunset Valley are diversely priced, but every little group of houses are generally similarly priced. Sunset Valley is full of places to explore and has a very diverse cityscape, leaving players hours of fun while exploring alone. The town is very unique on all accounts and hosts a whopping 25 playable families. Sunset Valley mixes modern and futuristic building ideas with nostalgic architecture and design rooted in American suburbs of the 1950s. Sims can now visit all their friends’ and neighbors’ homes and call up their friends with the new cell phone, for a night on the town. The main part of the town is the park, where Sims can have a picnic, go fishing, or take a stroll and maybe meet someone new there are also cinemas, gyms, restaurants, shops, pools, and other recreational facilities.

Sunset Valley is very large compared to the neighborhoods in previous The Sims games, having a total of 92 lots with various playable characters and about 86 in total pre-made.

Sunset Valley is the world that shipped with The Sims 3 base game.