In The Sims FreePlay, players "build" and design houses and customize and create virtual people called Sims. Players can control their Sims to satisfy their wishes, and let them complete different kinds of actions to gain Simoleons, Lifestyle Points, and Social Points. The game runs in real-time, and takes real time to complete actions. All actions must be instructed by players, unlike in the Windows version, where Sims have some degree of autonomy. Players can progress through 55 levels to unlock content that can be purchased with the virtual currencies previously mentioned. Families of Sims can have children provided there is one adult; there is a limit on the amount of allowable couples due to a limit on the people in the player's town. However, if the player buys items from the online store, they become a VIP that will allow them to increase the number of Sims they can have in their town. In the game, there are "quests" that players are required to complete as well as optional quests that they may choose to pursue. Sims must bake a cake to age until completion of a certain quota of discovery quests. There are four types of currency:
Simoleons - gained by completing actions, or sending your Sims to work. There is a max of 100,000,000 Simoleons. After that, you can no longer purchase Simoleon cash packs with real money.
Lifestyle Points - gained by completing hobby collections and / or tasks
Social Points - gained by completing Social tasks.
Simcash - gained by real money.
This game has more detail than The Sims Mobile, but choices on Sim Customization can be limited and actions take real time to complete. These actions can take up to 3 days.
Updates
The game is regularly updated with new content, and has many events and competitions announced at FreePlay's . Updates commonly include elements from various expansion packs and stuff packs from the main series. As of April 2017, Windows Phones no longer receive updates from the game. In June 2018, pregnancy and baby showers were added to the game. It was said that fans had requested the feature be added to the game ever sinceFreePlay launched. Before this update, Sims had to marry for an option to be given to add a baby to the family. On October 15, 2018, augmented reality multiplayer was added. In July 2019, autosave function was available.
