When it comes to the Sims franchise, there is no shortage of career opportunities for your sims.
Between base game careers, expansion pack careers, career branches, pet careers, part-time jobs, self-employed careers, and freelancing careers among the choices, there are many to choose from.
Let’s see which game among the four has the most career options between all these factors!
The Sims (1) Career Total: 21
Starting with The Sims, they started with 10 base game careers, and added 11 more with the expansion packs. Thus, making the game have a total of 21 careers. They included:
- Business
- Entertainment
- Law enforcement
- Life of Crime
- Medicine
- Military
- Politics
- Pro Athlete
- Science
- Xtreme
- Animal Care
- Circus
- Culinary Arts
- Education
- Fame
- Fashion
- Hacker
- Journalism
- Musician
- Paranormal
- Slacker
The Sims 2 Career Total: 25
The Sims 2 started off with the same amount of base game careers as The Sims, which is 10 base careers. Then they added 15 additional careers with expansion packs. They also added 3 pet careers for your furry friends, which makes for a total of 25 careers in The Sims 2 (excluding pets). They include:
- Athletic
- Business
- Criminal
- Culinary
- Law Enforcement
- Medicine
- Politics
- Science
- Slacker
- Adventurer
- Architecture
- Artist
- Dance
- Education
- Entertainment
- Gamer
- Intelligence
- Journalism
- Law
- Music
- Natural Science
- Oceanography
- Paranormal
- Show Business
The Sims 3 career total: 29
The Sims 3 has the most careers in any sims game so far, totally 29. The base game included 11 careers, and by the time they finished adding content there were 18 expansion pack careers.
They also added part-time careers, self-employed careers, and career branches. The careers include:
- Business
- Criminal
- Culinary
- Journalism
- Law Enforcement
- Medical
- Military
- Music
- Political
- Professional Sports
- Science
- Acrobat
- Architectural Designer
- Art Appraiser
- Astronomer
- Bot Arena
- Daycare
- Education
- Film
- Firefighter
- Fortune Teller
- Ghost Hunter
- Investigator
- Lifeguard
- Magician
- Singer
- Sports Agent
- Stylist
- Video Game Developer
The Sims 4 career total (currently): 21
Currently The Sims 4 is catching up in the number of careers. They have 11 base game careers, and the expansion packs have added 10 more careers.
They also have part-time jobs, children’s scouts, drama club, and freelancer careers. The careers include:
- Astronaut
- Athlete
- Business
- Criminal
- Culinary
- Entertainer
- Painter
- Secret Agent
- Style Influencer
- Tech Guru
- Writer, Detective
- Doctor
- Scientist
- Critic
- Politician
- Social Media
- Gardener
- Actor
- Military
- Conservationist
The Sims 4 just released a new expansion called “Island Living” a few days ago, adding the Conservationist career. Assuming more content is coming for The Sims 4, the total careers for the game should increase.
EA continues to add more career content with every game since the first Sims game, but as it stands now The Sims 3 has the most career choices available. So no matter what you want to be, The Sims series has you covered.
