Well hello everybody! In the continued spirit of Spooktober, I’ve revived a 10 year old thread on Reddit of Simmers talking about the wildest (and somewhat disturbing) things they’ve gotten up to in the wonderful world of The Sims; and I went ahead and gave you a little visual too, to make it extra special. Let’s get right into it…
The Haunted Neatfreak
By Redditor Vsanna:
“I made a sim who was a compulsive neatfreak. Put them in a really surreal little house with a wedding buffet and a hamster or something, deleted the door. Eventually they went insane from lack of cleanliness and depression over their little rodent friend dying, and starved to death once the banquet rotted. I put the resulting urn in the room. I then repeated an identical scenario several times, always keeping the urns in the room. Eventually the tenth iteration of this sim is up all night, every night, terrified of a parade of ghosts of themself.”
Queenie’s Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀⚪⚪ (8/10)
The psychological torment of a neatfreak driven mad by dirt and loss, plus the haunting repetition of their own death by their ghostly selves—pure nightmare fuel. And what’s the deal with the hamster?!
AJ’s Dark Transformation
By Redditor: funmenjorities
“In Makin’ Magic I had a brilliant dog called AJ who was loved by the whole family. He never had an off day and brought sheer joy to his owners. Decided to train my wizardry and get the spell that allowed you to turn pets into humans, so AJ could be even more a part of the family.
He turned out to be the biggest ********** as a person and was abusive to his family, so we had to take care of him. I built a monolithic tomb and trapped him inside. The family stood out front playing music to him as he slowly starved. They bought a new dog and played with it happily outside his eternal resting place to torture his trapped soul. Eventually a dragon burnt down the house and killed them all.”
Queenie’s Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 (10/10)
This story escalates quickly from magical delight to pure cruelty. The fact that the loving dog becomes a monster in human form is creepy, but the family’s twisted decision to torment him outside his tomb is what seals the horror. Dog death will always max that rating. I’m glad the Dragon took them all out.
The Goodbye Room
By Redditor: PM_ME_UR_BELLYBUTTON
“Okay, so I make lots of friends with my sims, then I invite all of them over, and lead them into a room in my backyard. The room has a refrigerator, sink, toilet, and bed. Then my sim leaves and I delete the door. I have 10+ in there already and am waiting for people to come over. I want the whole city in there. After a while the sims decide they’re done at your house and want to leave so they keep saying ‘goodbye!’ while waving, but since they can’t leave, it’s a monotonous chant of them saying goodbye goodbye goodbye GOODBYE. It’s hilarious.”
Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ (4/10)
It’s less horror, more hilarity as your Sims turn into a chorus of eternally trapped souls, endlessly chanting their farewells. The repetitive “goodbye” sounds funny, but imagining it echoing nonstop is just unsettling enough to score a few skulls. I was more horrified by the username.
Basement Cult of Charisma
By Redditor: RoaneF
“I started a cult in my basement. Had a very charismatic man living upstairs who would go around town, meet and befriend people, then bring them by to his house. They thought they were coming over for a date. When they got there, he’d take them downstairs, lead them into a small cell with a toilet, bed, shower, fridge, small table, and sink, then lock the door so that only himself and the cult leader could open it.
The cult leader was a rather large man with tiger face paint, who was also very charismatic. He would wander through the basement, visiting the cells of these people. It would take weeks, but they started warming up to him. Eventually, they would fall in love with him. Once they invited him into their bed, their cell door was unlocked and they were welcomed into the main room with all the other cult members, where they formed a band, skinny-dipped pretty much all the time, and learned to cook for the hostages who had not yet converted.
Then one day, the guy upstairs fired up the grill and burned the entire house down. All the cult members fled to their original homes, their families seemingly accepting them without any question.”
Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀💀⚪⚪⚪⚪ (6/10)
This weirds me out, more than horrifies me. I’m not sure I get the motive, but fair game. The skinny dipping is a vibe. But I’m glad the cult leader accidentally burned his home down. As for the family, ignorance is bliss for sure.
Cooking Up a Tragedy
By Redditor: [deleted] (rip)
“My Sim was trying to cook something, but he was depressed, so a clown showed up to try to cheer him up. But my Sim was also tired for some reason, so he fell asleep in the kitchen with the oven on, and the house burned down, killing him and the clown. I consider it a win.”
Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀💀⚪⚪⚪⚪ (2/10)
The Tragic Clown strikes again! The poor guy was literally made to bring joy, yet here he is, going up in flames alongside your sad Sim. They say laughter is the best medicine, but in this case, it turns out that clowning around near an open flame isn’t.
Ambrosia for One
By Redditor: flizer
“I hope I’m not too late to the party, but I had Sims 3 Ambitions, which lets you make ambrosia, a food that instantly makes you a young adult again. So I had my Sim keep eating it while his wife got old and died, and his children aged and died before his eyes, and he just kept eating it, never sharing. Imagine that—you have food that keeps you young forever, and you could easily make it whenever you want, but instead, you hog it to yourself and let your whole family die.”
Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀⚪⚪⚪ (7/10)
Selfish doesn’t even cover it. Imagine living forever while watching your entire family age and perish, but instead of playing the benevolent immortal, you’re the “nah, I’m good” guy, just slurping up immortality like it’s a Costco free sample. I love it.
Toilet Diving Gone Wrong
By Redditor: Possum75
“I made my Sims dive into the pool, paused the game as they leapt, and moved them in front of the toilet, then pressed play. They’d dive into the toilet and then get stuck. Most died eventually, while a lucky few made it out only to live the rest of their lives swimming around in the floor.”
Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ (4/10)
From diving in style to getting flushed down to the depths of despair, this is a cautionary tale about the perils of misplaced pool parties. 🏊♂️🚽
Mom Did What…?
By Redditor Mablun
“A friend’s mom played The Sims. We were all over at a sleepover, and whilst using her account, made a third friend marry the mom’s character. The next time we came over, we found out that the mom had killed his character to get single again.”
Horror Rating: 💀💀💀💀💀💀⚪⚪⚪⚪ (6/10)
Though not entirely horrifying, this is my favourite story. Imagine booting up your game and you were now randomly married to YOUR KIDS FRIEND. Mom literally Alt+F4’d the kid, and I’d do the same. <3
It never gets old hearing about what others get up to on The Sims. Our temptation to become villains of the story is a globally shared experience!
For more spooky instances in The Sims, check out The Spooky Prank Calls of The Sims 1!
