Skip to main content

The Sims 4 boxart

The Sims 4

Platforms

Mac
PC
PS4
Xbox One

Initial release Sept. 2, 2014

Developers

Maxis
The Sims Studio

Genres

Life Simulation
RPG
Simulation

Publishers

Electronic Arts

Franchise The Sims

The Sims 4 Spotlight

Review | The Sims 4 review

Same as it ever was?

59
EA will "retain creative control" of its projects if controversial Saudi acquisition goes ahead, publisher states

It's in the g-EA-me.

24
All Sims 4 cheats for skills, money and more

Say 'sul sul' to hard work and hello to happiness, wealth and more with our The Sims 4 cheats.
Feature | What we've been playing - nightmares, getaways, skonging, frog hats, and unpacking

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

147

The Sims 4 Feed

the sims 3 steam promo art image one

News

EA will "retain creative control" of its projects if controversial Saudi acquisition goes ahead, publisher states

It's in the g-EA-me.

Nov. 4, 2025 Connor Makar

What we've been playing - nightmares, getaways, skonging, frog hats, and unpacking

Feature

What we've been playing - nightmares, getaways, skonging, frog hats, and unpacking

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Oct. 11, 2025 Robert Purchese

The Sims 4 artwork with the words "The Sims 4" and eight Sims.

Guide

All Sims 4 cheats for skills, money and more

Say 'sul sul' to hard work and hello to happiness, wealth and more with our The Sims 4 cheats.

Oct. 3, 2025 Matthew Reynolds

Promotional art for The Sims 4's Adventure Awaits expansion showing a family posing cheerfully against a backdrop of lush forests and looming mountains.

Feature

Now Playing | The Sims 4's Adventure Awaits expansion is exactly the kind of getaway I've been looking for

Jolly holiday.

Oct. 3, 2025 Matt Wales

Promotional art for The Sims 4's Adventure Awaits expansion showing a family posing cheerfully against a backdrop of lush forests and looming mountains.

News

In brief | The Sims 4 shows off its getaway themed Adventure Awaits expansion in first gameplay trailer

Ahead of October arrival.

Sept. 10, 2025 Matt Wales

sims 4 enchanted by nature fairy header

Guide

How to become a Fairy in Sims 4

Plus, how to get Fairy Seedlings and customise Fairy Wings.

July 11, 2025 Marie Pritchard

Feature

Pride Week | Everything you might have missed from Eurogamer's Pride Week 2025

More stories of queer culture and gaming.

July 5, 2025 Matt Wales

The Sims 4 image showing a greenhouse-like structure made of glass walls on the left, and a plant-covered rooftop on the right.

News

The Sims 4 gets glass walls, rooftop greenery, and some other free bits ahead of next expansion

Plus inventory improvements and more.

July 2, 2025 Matt Wales

Feature

Pride Week | How far have we really come since The Sims? A short, sweet history of being bi in games

Introducing a week of LGBTQIA+ stories on Eurogamer.

June 30, 2025 Keza MacDonald

Mother Nature from The Sims 4's Enchanted by Nature expansion superimposed over a screenshot of a fairytale house.

News

The Sims 4 is away with the fairies in new Enchanted by Nature expansion

It'll give you wings.

June 12, 2025 Matt Wales

A screenshot from The Sims 4's Golden Years Kit showing an Elder Sim offering a red rose to another in the park while an old woman stares on angrily in the background.

News

The Sims 4's latest DLC brings kitchen clutter, workshop tinkering, and fashion for the elderly

Arriving later this week.

April 29, 2025 Matt Wales

Official screenshot from EA's The Sims-themed City Life Game with Friends playtest.

News

Extensive footage of EA's new The Sims "game concept" surfaces online

Ooh, Rene.

April 2, 2025 Matt Wales

sims 4 businesses and hobbies tattoo parlor

Guide

The Sims 4 Businesses and Hobbies explained

Which businesses are connected to other expansion packs.

March 6, 2025 Marie Pritchard

A pregnant-looking young Sim.

News

The Sims' latest patch makes some children appear pregnant, players say

Wide birth.

Feb. 26, 2025 Tom Phillips

A screenshot of a family chatting together in The Sims 4 while the Burglar, Photoshopped into the image, peeks sneakily from behind a wall.

News

The Sims 4 finally adds the series' iconic burglar, and it only took 11 years

Out now in free update.

Feb. 25, 2025 Matt Wales

The Sims 4's next expansion lets you run a pet cafe, laundrette, or tattoo parlour - depending what other DLC you own

News

The Sims 4's next expansion lets you run a pet cafe, laundrette, or tattoo parlour - depending what other DLC you own

And it's launching in March.

Feb. 6, 2025 Matt Wales

A photograph taken by Eurogamer's Victoria showing two Xbox controllers on a notepad that has some puzzle solutions written on it. A Eurogamer branded pen is artfully included in the tableau.

Feature

What we've been playing - great escapes, unexpected ends, and Salem Socks

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Jan. 18, 2025 Robert Purchese

Artwork showing items from The Sims 4's Secret Sanctuary, Casanova Cave, and Comfy Gamer Kits.

News

The Sims 4 marking series' 25th anniversary with "huge" free update adding 70+ new items

Plus, MySims bundle coming to PC.

Jan. 14, 2025 Matt Wales

A colourful - almost psychedelic - geometric-inspired piece of artwork with the numbers 2025 in the middle. It's a new year related piece of art.

Feature

New Year's gaming resolutions we're definitely going to stick to

What are yours?

Jan. 3, 2025 Robert Purchese

The Sims 4 Life and Death cheats

Guide

The Sims 4 Life and Death cheats

Cheating death.

Nov. 1, 2024 Lottie Lynn

A topless sim in The Sims 4 Lovestruck Expansion Pack in a reclined sexy pose looking alluringly towards the camera

News

The Sims 4 gained more than 15m new players in the past year, despite being over a decade old

Wabadebadoo!

Oct. 30, 2024 Matt Wales

The Sims 4 Grim Reaper surrounded by love hearts

News

The Sims 4 ghostly update puts WooHoo-ing the Grim Reaper back on the table

Paranormal entitties.

Oct. 23, 2024 Victoria Phillips Kennedy

A screenshot from The Sims 4's Life & Death expansion showing ghosts and humans intermingling in a spooky graveyard

News

Sims 4 gets embalming, grim reaping, reincarnation, and naked moon rituals in new Life & Death expansion

Launching this Halloween.

Oct. 3, 2024 Matt Wales

Sims 4 screenshot showing blonde woman standing next to two female Sims sat eating

News

EA wants The Sims film to have Barbie's impact

Freezer Bunnies confirmed.

Sept. 18, 2024 Ed Nightingale

sims 4 get famous autograph promo art

News

The Sims 5 not happening as EA moves "beyond linear, sequential Sims releases"

But Project Renee is alive and well.

Sept. 17, 2024 Matt Wales

The Sims 4 Gallery

The Sims 4 artwork

1 of 26

Caption

Attribution

Games from the The Sims franchise