I have a copy of The Sims 3 that I bought from a retail store.
Having got sick of dragging out a CD drive to play the game, I re-bought the game in digital download form when it was on super-sale on Steam.
Is it possible to transfer my existing save into the new install somehow?
Best Answer
The save games should carry over between installations. I recently purchased Sims 3 on Steam and my save games and custom content from my previous retail installation worked fine.
When you uninstall(ed) Sims 3 retail, you are prompted with a dialog if you want to keep saved games, custom content, etc.. You will have to make sure you tell it to keep your content.