Control smarter Sims with unique appearances, personalities, behaviors, and emotions. The Sims 4 is the highly anticipated life simulation game that lets you play with life like never before. The base game was announced to be free-to-play on Septem, and was officially available for download on October 18, 2022, following 'Behind The Sims Summit'. This is the first time the full base game and content packs became available for consoles, unlike previous iterations in which a limited version of the game was used. The Console versions of The Sims 4 were released on November 17, 2017, for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It was released on February 17, 2015, several months after the PC version. A Mac version of the game was announced at the same time but a release date was not specified until early 2015. The Sims 4 was released in North America on September 2, 2014, and in other places worldwide shortly thereafter for PC. The Sims 4 boasts an overhauled and intuitive Create a Sim, updated building tools, and deeper, more complex Sims through the addition of emotions and new traits. Like the previous games in the series, The Sims 4 focuses on creating and controlling a neighborhood of virtual people, called ' Sims'. The Sims 4 is the fourth installment in The Sims franchise.
