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The Sims™ 4
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“As fun as it is when you spend your entire fortune on it, hours of time lost due to bugs and let alone their hatred for mods that they break with every update, truly not worth it. It's a good building and character…”
“Legacy Player here. This is my first time playing The Sims on Steam, not EA. I adore it; the ease of modification always brings me joy. I can play any era my heart desires; from paleolithic to the worlds of the future.…”
“(This is his wife) This game is beyond fun to play. The game combines creating cute and fun people to making architectural masterpieces while having fun. You can make a whole household based of people you know or random…”
4 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Legacy Player here. This is my first time playing The Sims on Steam, not EA. I adore it; the ease of modification always brings me joy. I can play any era my heart desires; from paleolithic to the worlds of the future.…”
“(This is his wife) This game is beyond fun to play. The game combines creating cute and fun people to making architectural masterpieces while having fun. You can make a whole household based of people you know or random…”
“The Sims 4 is less of a game and more of a full-time lifestyle choice. I came here to build a cute little house and maybe make one normal family. Several hours later, I’m controlling an entire bloodline, redesigning…”
25 of the 101 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“As fun as it is when you spend your entire fortune on it, hours of time lost due to bugs and let alone their hatred for mods that they break with every update, truly not worth it. It's a good building and character…”
“A cash grab with over 100 DLCs, countless unfixed gamebreaking bugs, unfinished and lackluster packs "worth" over 1.000€ and they now implement a paywall for mods, gaslighting the community "it's for the better" while…”
“This isn't a game; it's a glorified debt trap. The developers have the audacity to charge over AUD $1,500 for the full experience, effectively paywalling a decade’s worth of content that should have been in the base…”
15 of the 101 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“As fun as it is when you spend your entire fortune on it, hours of time lost due to bugs and let alone their hatred for mods that they break with every update, truly not worth it. It's a good building and character…”
“Uninstalled after 7 years. Game suddenly developed these game breaking bugs where my sim can't purchase books from the shelf/computer (the list only shows the homework notebook), cannot upgrade objects even with max…”
“A cash grab with over 100 DLCs, countless unfixed gamebreaking bugs, unfinished and lackluster packs "worth" over 1.000€ and they now implement a paywall for mods, gaslighting the community "it's for the better" while…”
12 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“As fun as it is when you spend your entire fortune on it, hours of time lost due to bugs and let alone their hatred for mods that they break with every update, truly not worth it. It's a good building and character…”
“A cash grab with over 100 DLCs, countless unfixed gamebreaking bugs, unfinished and lackluster packs "worth" over 1.000€ and they now implement a paywall for mods, gaslighting the community "it's for the better" while…”
“This isn't a game; it's a glorified debt trap. The developers have the audacity to charge over AUD $1,500 for the full experience, effectively paywalling a decade’s worth of content that should have been in the base…”
10 of the 101 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“As fun as it is when you spend your entire fortune on it, hours of time lost due to bugs and let alone their hatred for mods that they break with every update, truly not worth it. It's a good building and character…”
“TS4 has become awful, the packs are insanely expensive and often broken with full of bugs/issues. This game is no fun without dlc, you can barely do anything. There is a pack to have pets, to play and go to high school…”
“The game is unstable, and all the dlc's build up to be super expensive. I bought this game back when the base game cost money, and while I'll say it started out fun, it had a steep decline since then, and now the game…”
10 of the 101 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“As fun as it is when you spend your entire fortune on it, hours of time lost due to bugs and let alone their hatred for mods that they break with every update, truly not worth it. It's a good building and character…”
“A cash grab with over 100 DLCs, countless unfixed gamebreaking bugs, unfinished and lackluster packs "worth" over 1.000€ and they now implement a paywall for mods, gaslighting the community "it's for the better" while…”
“This isn't a game; it's a glorified debt trap. The developers have the audacity to charge over AUD $1,500 for the full experience, effectively paywalling a decade’s worth of content that should have been in the base…”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The game is kind of boring because the Sims are all poly by default so it’s hard to make drama. EA misunderstands their audience here. I don’t want my Sims to be okay with their partners kissing people. I want my snow bunny sorority-girl Sim avatar to become the town tramp, bang…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“making neighboors wife cheats with the grim reaper, killing the boss at my job by forcing him to swim for a whole week, having alien baby, being a mafia boss while the children are a police officer and a secret agent, overall a really good game to escape reality. Although those…”
— a player, Steam review · 111 hrs played“GREED. We all know what kind of game The Sims is. This game has been out forever and I cannot fathom how GREEDY this company is!! Genuinely, literally, over $1400 if you want all the DLC, then they add a MARKETPLACE with MICROTRANSACTIONS???? Absolutely not. It's nice that EA…”
— a player, Steam review · 157 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Save Options, Memory Boost, Free Content, and More
Update 7/21/2026 PC: 1.126.58.1030 / Mac: 1.126.58.1230 Console: 2.36 Sul sul, treasured Simmers with precious digital lives. Save Gnome here. Yes. That Save Gnome . The one entrusted with the sacre
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Life Sim · Character Customization · Free to Play · Building · Romance · Simulation · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Dating Sim · Relaxing · Casual · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Surround Sound |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64 Bit Required. Windows 10 Processor: 3.3 GHz Intel Core i3-3220 (2 cores, 4 threads), AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz (4 cores) or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 26 GB available space