The 'Sims 2 Body Shop' is a program shipped with The Sims 2 that allows users to create custom clothing and body recolors, such as eyes, hair and skin tone. The modding community for The Sims 2 is self-supporting, with more advanced modders writing tools and tutorials to help in creating custom content and modifying the game environment. Such modifications are all loosely referred to as 'custom content.' Specifically, custom content can be divided into four categories: exporting (creating Sims and lots in-game or using the game's included Body Shop and exporting them to a file), recoloring (creating a new texture for an object), meshing (creating an object or modifying its shape) and hacking (writing code that manipulates game and object behaviors). Modders alter the game in ways as simple as creating a new floor texture of rocks or as complicated as writing entire patches for the game code to customize its behavior. The Sims 2 is an extremely malleable game.

As of April 2008, The Sims 2 website celebrated 100 million copies of The Sims series sold. A sequel, The Sims 3, was announced by EA in November 2006 and was first released on June 2, 2009. As of July 26, 2007, The Sims 2 has sold more than 13 million units worldwide and is the best-selling PC game of 2004. It was first released on Septemand became an instant success, having sold a then-record one million copies in its first ten days.In addition to its commercial success, The Sims 2 was well received by critics.

The Sims 2 builds on its predecessor by allowing Sims, the simulated human characters, to age through six stages of life and incorporating a more powerful 3D graphics engine. All Sims age, and can live over 100 Sim days depending on the degree of which their aspirations are fulfilled (although some items can extend a Sim's lifespan further). Sims 2, however, has life goals, wants and fears, the fulfillment of which can produce both positive or negative outcomes. Like its predecessor, The Sims does not have a defined final goal gameplay is open-ended. Players are free to control their Sims (as they interact with their virtual surroundings) engaging in various mundane activities and forming relationships in a manner similar to real life. The Sims 2 essentially revolves around the same concept as its predecessor. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the music for the game. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000.

The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. For the Nintendo DS version, see The Sims 2 (Nintendo DS). For the Game Boy Advance version, see The Sims 2 (Game Boy Advance). For the PSP version, see The Sims 2 (PlayStation Portable). For console versions, see The Sims 2 (console).

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