A group of Sims 4 characters including a ghost and an astronaut against a green background.

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The Sims 4

The Sims 4 is Maxis' open-ended life simulation game about creating people, building homes, and following the everyday stories that emerge across its neighborhoods.

Simulation

Release Date SEP 2, 2014

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Four Sims appear in separate portrait panels with different hairstyles, clothing, and facial features.

A cutaway view of a modern Sims house reveals its rooms, furnishings, pool, and landscaped grounds.

Sims celebrate with confetti at an outdoor city venue at night.

Sims dance and talk together inside a brightly lit nightclub.

A Sim uses a remote to turn off a loud stereo beside a bed.

Game Overview

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Electronic Arts

The Sims 4 is an open-ended life simulation with no fixed campaign or single protagonist. Create a Sim lets players shape a character's appearance, voice, personality traits, and aspirations, then combine Sims into a household and place them in a neighborhood.

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Build Mode is used to plan floor layouts, furnish rooms, alter terrain, and design complete lots. Live Mode follows the people who occupy those spaces: careers, school, relationships, needs, skills, money, aging, and unexpected autonomous decisions all affect the stories that emerge. Players can direct a household closely or leave more choices to the simulation.

The base game has been free since October 18, 2022. It includes the Gallery, an online library where players can share and download Sims, households, rooms, and lots. Optional packs and kits add worlds, careers, activities, clothing, decor, and other systems, while free updates continue to adjust the base game. The current version is available on PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.