The Sims 1 - Exagear Updated

Treat the APK like a normal install. Ignore the "designed for older Android" warning. When opening for the first time, grant All Files Access (critical for The Sims 1 to read user data).

Old ExaGear crashed on launch due to libhoudini (Intel’s binary translator) deprecation.

Game saves corrupt when rotating screen Fix: Lock your phone to Portrait mode before launching ExaGear. The emulator hates orientation changes. the sims 1 exagear updated

9.5/10 Lost half a point because you still can't easily type cheats without a Bluetooth keyboard. Have you installed The Sims 1 on ExaGear recently? Share your custom neighborhood screenshots in the comments below. For more guides on running Windows 98/XP games on Android (RollerCoaster Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon, and Age of Empires 2), check out our ExaGear Updated Masterlist.

For nearly two decades, the holy grail of mobile simulation gaming has been elusive: playing the original, uncensored, gold-era The Sims 1 (Complete Collection) natively on an Android device. While The Sims FreePlay and Mobile exist, they lack the gritty charm of the 2000 original—the haunting piano build mode music, the tragic clown painting, and the stress of watching Bob Newbie set his grill on fire. Treat the APK like a normal install

While the Steam Deck and Windows handhelds play The Sims 1 easily, the magic of ExaGear is playing it on a phone . Laying in bed, building a mansion with rosebud cheats on a foldable screen, or destroying a family by removing the pool ladder during a lunch break—the updated ExaGear makes this fantasy a reality.

Open ExaGear, open the virtual C: drive, navigate to Z:\storage\emulated\0\ExaGear\Downloads , right-click Sims.exe (using the emulator's touch mouse), and select "Open with Wine." Pro tip: Use the "DirectX repair tool" inside the container to register missing DLLs (specifically ddraw.dll and dsound.dll ). Old ExaGear crashed on launch due to libhoudini