The Sims™ 4
Last updated: 2025-12-01
- Creative sandbox offers unparalleled freedom.
- Deep life simulation with expressive Sims.
- Mods and community content significantly enhance experience.
- Free base game is accessible but limited.
- Suffers from persistent technical instability and bugs.
- Excessive, often overpriced DLCs are essential.
Emotions
Satisfaction34%Frustration31%Disappointment20%Joy18%Enjoyment11%
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 52%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 42%
- Protest reviews
- 6%
- 72%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 28%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 3078
- Negative points
- 1954
- Gameplay points
- 448
- Perf. points
- 95
- Rec. points
- 537
- Misc points
- 278
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4821.5% Avg playtime 0.8h | 6882.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 4,22813.2% Avg playtime 236.3h | 26,56983.1% Avg playtime 218.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 16.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 68.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 907.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,991.7 days |
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Unparalleled Creative Sandbox
| Players consistently praise the game's extensive customization, particularly the intuitive and powerful 'Create-a-Sim' and 'Build Mode' tools. This freedom allows players to design unique characters, construct dream homes, and craft diverse storylines, fostering limitless imagination and roleplaying opportunities. | 100% |
Deep Life Simulation & Expressive Sims
| The game excels as a life simulator, offering intricate management of Sims' lives, careers, relationships, and families. The improved emotional system and advanced AI make Sims feel more lifelike and expressive, leading to dynamic interactions and immersive, relatable daily scenarios. | 73% |
Accessible Free Base Game & Polished Presentation
| The free base game is widely appreciated for offering substantial content and entertainment, making it highly accessible to new players. Its polished, cartoony visual style is consistently praised for being beautiful and timeless, complemented by good optimization and fluid performance on various systems. | 69% |
Enriched by Mods, Cheats & Community
| Mods and custom content are frequently highlighted as essential for unlocking the game's full potential, adding realism, new gameplay mechanics, and endless content. The strong, active modding community and accessible cheats significantly enhance customization, replayability, and overall enjoyment. | 64% |
Highly Immersive & Relaxing Experience
| Players find the game incredibly engaging and addictive, often losing track of time for hours. Its open-ended, low-pressure gameplay, combined with charming aesthetics and pleasant music, provides a relaxing and therapeutic escape from reality, encouraging creative and casual play. | 52% |