FAQ

  • Why did you create this website?

    We created this website because as avid Sims players ourselves, we had a LOT of trouble finding most of the older challenges we used to know and love on the internet in 2025.

    Before the EA Forums were located at forums.ea.com - there was a forum site called forums.thesims.com. The latter has been deleted by EA and contained all of the classic forum posts with our favorite original challenges.

    A few original challenges from the 2010’s era were put on blogs - and these blogs are no longer up and running for the most part.

    We created this website to act as a permanent hosting place for every challenge we can still find as a team.

  • So why not just link to the still existing posts?

    We rewrite/copy & paste the challenges we can still find onto our own blog to preserve them.

    Credit for the original owners (or the earliest owner we could find) are at the beginning of every challenge.

    What if EA changes their blog name again and we lose everything all over again? What if the blogs that still remain end up disappearing or being taken down by the owners?

    That’s why we rewrite them here. It’s not to steal the content - its to preserve it in a time capsule in a place we know will always be up and running.

  • Who are you and why are you doing this for free?

    We are people that love The Sims. That’s it, it’s really that simple.

    Our goal here is just as much to create a permanent database of challenges for us, as it is for you.

  • You credited the wrong creator! Fix it!

    We do our best to find the original creators of each challenge, but in some cases, it’s very very difficult. If you believe we have miscredited a challenge, reach out to our team at thesimschallengeslist@gmail.com.

    You’ll need some solid evidence, and a few links with dates to back it up.

    Oh, and a positive attitude.

  • I want my challenge on the list, where do I submit it?

    If you go to our homepage located at thesimschallenges.com, you can submit your challenge in the form there. Just scroll down a bit, you’ll see it :)

  • Do you have plans to add challenges from The Sims, The Sims 2, and the Sims 3?

    Not currently. It’s significantly harder to find the original owners of these challenges and we don’t have the bandwidth to add 3 additional games worth of challenges at the moment.

    Maybe one day though - as a challenge to ourselves.