The Sims 2 was well received by critics, gaining a 90% score from aggregators Metacritic and GameRankings. During April 2008, The Sims 2 website announced that 100 million copies of The Sims series had been sold. The Sims 2 was a commercial success, selling one million copies in its first ten days, a record at the time.

A sequel, The Sims 3, was released in June 2009.

The Sims 2 is offered on mobile platforms, with manufacturers such as Nokia offering The Sims 2 from the Ovi Store. In addition several console versions have been released. Eight expansion packs and nine stuff packs were subsequently released. A port to macOS was released on June 17, 2005. The Sims 2 was released on Septemfor Microsoft Windows. Veronaville's characters are based on Shakespearean characters. Strangetown's storyline is based on the supernatural, and is loosely connected with Pleasantview. Pleasantview is based 25 years after the town in the original The Sims. Although gameplay is not linear, storylines exist in the game's pre-built neighborhoods. The Sims 2 builds on its predecessor by allowing Sims to age through six stages of life and incorporating a 3D graphics engine. All Sims age, and can live to 90 sim days depending on the degree to which their aspirations are fulfilled. Sims have life goals, wants and fears, the fulfillment of which can produce both positive or negative outcomes. The Sims 2, like its predecessor, does not have a defined final goal the gameplay is open-ended. The game has the same concept as its predecessor: players control their Sims in various activities and form relationships in a manner similar to real life. The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation video game developed at the Redwood Shores studio of Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.

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