inZOI

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%2025

$39.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A gorgeous, content-rich Sims alternative with a superb creator and free updates, but still buggy and shallow in places. Skip it if you want deep gameplay or have a weak PC.

Great for

Sims fans who love character and house creation, realistic visuals and an open-world life sim that keeps growing

Main risk

The world feels empty and shallow once the creators are done, and crashes or performance problems can spoil it.

What players love

Stunning realistic graphics

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“The graphics are absolutely insane, like every little detail makes you want to stop and take screenshots.”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗

“The graphics are simply stunning — characters and surroundings look very realistic.”
Steam review · translated · 417.8 h played ↗

Devs listen and update often

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“the developer / development team listens to feedback. I appreciate the recurring updates”
Steam review · 68.5 h played ↗

“Kjun does an amazing job communicating with players and listening to requests!”
Steam review · 167.1 h played ↗

“thanks to the developers for the frequent updates”
Steam review · translated · 60.2 h played ↗

Lively open world with active careers

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“I am thoroughly enjoying the career criminal, getting to do jobs and steal things/cars/break into ATMs”
Steam review · 79.8 h played ↗

“Your Zois can actually live on their own lives. They will leave the house and visit the city as they want.”
Steam review · 142.8 h played ↗

Excellent character and build creators

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Create-a-Zoi is phenomenal. The amount of freedom it gives you to create unique characters is impressive”
Steam review · 1020 h played ↗

“The character creator is amazing and so detailed. I found the build mode to be user-friendly.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗

Easy in-game mods and sharing

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“It is so easy to download mods and zois right in the game”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Shallow, soulless, boring gameplay

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“the entire experience just feels… empty.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗

“there is simply nothing to do. Create a character, put them in a house and... that's it.”
Steam review · translated · 6.6 h played ↗

“inZOI looks like a life simulator. I’m still waiting for the life.”
Steam review · 41.5 h played ↗

Generative AI and Krafton AI-first backlash

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“AI "First" company, Yeah, **** that. Go broke.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

“Too much focus on the AI and not enough on the gameplay”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗

Crashes and unstable updates

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Ever since the Anniversary update, the game has become completely unplayable. It constantly crashes at almost every step”
Steam review · 92.2 h played ↗

“the game crashed and I lost my character”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“The crashes all seem to happen around the time of an auto save”
Steam review · 107.2 h played ↗

Poor optimization and high requirements

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“my pc cant run it even on low graphics it lag's and is imposible to run or even play”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗

“unless you have a gaming desktop that can run this game at high graphic settings you won't get the most out of this game.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗

Clunky UI, build mode and creator

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“every step of the building and character creation process feel like pulling teeth”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗

“HOW could they create such an inconvenient interface?”
Steam review · translated · 3.2 h played ↗

Won't launch or load

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“won't make it past the first loading screen no matter what i do.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“After 24 minutes of "loading" on 15% I asked for a refund.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 10/11

ProcessorIntel i5 10400, AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 2060 (6G VRAM), AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6G VRAM)

Storage40 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 11

Processorintel i7 12700k, AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 3070 (8G VRAM), AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (16GB VRAM)

Storage60 GB available space

OSWindows 10/11

ProcessorIntel i5 10400, AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 2060 (6G VRAM), AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6G VRAM)

Storage40 GB available space

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