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The Sims™ 4

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.

Released Jun 18, 2020 Developer Maxis Publisher Electronic Arts Platforms Windows Life SimCharacter CustomizationFree to PlayBuildingRomance
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

87.3%positive170,727 reviews

What reviewers agree on

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Bar length = how many of the 101 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 41 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 405 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

22,940playing at last check
31,96524-hour peak
96,185all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 35k avg · Feb 2025

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 21, 2026
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

Jul 14, 2026
Laundry List: Upcoming Fixes and Features - July 14, 2026

Hi Simmers! Welcome to the Laundry List, where we share the fixes and features we’re working on for our July 21 Base Game update. This month we’re introducing a new AutoSave to The Sims 4, and rolling

Jun 30, 2026
You Called, We Answered: Fixes & Improvements

Clearing the noise: Players now have more control over live-mode notifications. They can set the festival alerts they want to see. There are fewer repetitive phone calls, fewer unnecessary interruptio

Jun 23, 2026
Laundry List: Upcoming Bug Fixes - June 23, 2026

Simmers, Today’s Laundry List brings some helpful quality-of-life updates, including improvements to Live Mode notifications and phone calls, fixes for community-reported issues, save integrity update

Jun 05, 2026
Have you tried SimSearch in The Gallery yet? 🔎

SimSearch is one of the latest improvements to The Gallery, designed to make it easier for Simmers to find the creations they're looking for. We've noticed many players are still searching using singl

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Simulation, Free To Play
Player tagsLife Sim · Character Customization · Free to Play · Building · Romance · Simulation · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Dating Sim · Relaxing · Casual · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Surround Sound
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
Estimated owners10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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