The Sims™ 4
Last updated: 2026-01-02
- Mods and DLCs enhance gameplay significantly
- Strong creative freedom and customization options
- Enjoyable core gameplay loop with replayability
- Excessive and overpriced DLCs frustrate players
- Base game feels incomplete without DLCs
- Persistent bugs and glitches disrupt experience
Emotions
Frustration29%Disappointment15%Nostalgia5%Satisfaction5%Joy5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 185,422
- Positive
- 161,30087.0%
- Negative
- 24,12213.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 10,237,239
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4621.49%
- Estimated copies lost
- 25,507
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4631.5% Avg playtime 0.8h | 6652.1% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 4,20913.6% Avg playtime 245.6h | 25,67682.8% Avg playtime 219.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 15.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 73.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 794.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,023.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
31,013 total
Organic purchasers4,66915.1%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations26,34484.9%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
31,013 total
First impression0-2h1,4294.61%
Voted up: 61%
Mid game2-10h5,79918.7%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h4,29713.9%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+19,48862.8%
Voted up: 86%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
76.7%
Global baseline 84.9%
146 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 185,422 total.