has dominated the life simulation genre for decades, but that position could soon be shaken. While news about remains minimal, three strong competitors are getting ready to be fully released or released into Early Access in 2024 and 2025.
For the time being, seems to be EA's life simulation priority as it continues to release DLC for the 2014 game. At this rate, could be in trouble before it ever sees a release date as more games take up the challenge of facing the franchise's long reign.
As of writing this piece, has been confirmed as being in development, and it's often assumed that Project Rene is the code name given to it.
Meanwhile,,, and all seem to be ahead in the development process and ready to enter the market in the next year or two. However, they aren't exact clones of, and each one has unique features to set it apart from the others.
When first launched, there were complaints about features that should've been included in the base game but weren't.