Gameplay on Wanmami Island is much more open-ended, enabling gameplay reminiscent of more traditional Sims games.
The crate happens to float onto land, after which the player is left to help the Sim survive. The player must choose to play as David Bennett, Jessica Knight, or create a customized Sim, who boards a cruise ship for singles named Solomon Queen, only to have it crash and leave them drifting on the ocean clinging to a crate.
In 'Shipwrecked and Single' mode, the player is subjected to a scenario-driven style of gameplay. The Sims Castaway Stories features the choice of either playing in a story-driven mode titled 'Shipwrecked and Single' or a more sandbox 'Wanmami Island'. It was released on January 29, 2008, with a port for Mac OS X released by Aspyr on March 17, 2008.Īn updated version of the Mac OS X port was released on Decemto the Mac App Store by Aspyr for OS X Mavericks or later. The Sims Castaway Stories is the third and final game in The Sims Stories.