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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.

Developer: Maxis
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Franchise: The Sims™, EA Play
Release date: Jun 18, 2020
Store page updated: Aug 27, 2026
Price: Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

49.3/ 100

Based on 389 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 82% of 1,551

All time 😄 Very Positive 86% of 200,422

“game helped escape into affirming world despite base game limitations”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+0.54

Freedom +2.68 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way

“Build Mode is engaging and creative” (54)

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Story & World

-0.62

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

World -0.88 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

-1.87

Variety -3.26 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

“repetitive gameplay loop of clicking dialogue options and stat increases” (8)

玩过的人嘴是多严啊？从没见过这么无聊的游戏，可玩性甚至不如各种DLC的名字自己幻想。全程就是点点鼠标。遇到谁都是点一下鼠标拓展，聊聊天，说说话。然后涨绿条，重复随机点涨绿条一定程度解锁粉条，再随机点调情，拥抱，握手……随机涨粉条，直到出现亲嘴，嘿咻……期间饥饿度清洁度固定下降，哪个变色了点对应马桶冰箱就可以。刚开始玩去旁边串门，第一次拜访聊聊天介绍一下自己，绿条就涨三分之一，然后我可以开别人家冰箱做饭，电视想看什么直接换，旁边的主人也无动于衷。后面随机逛别墅房间，见到人随变聊聊，一个别墅的2女1男全部把我当成挚友。第二天3个人拿个蛋糕直接来我家，依旧吃饭聊天看电视，我小人困了自动睡觉，其他人看电视或者洗澡或者继续在我家看书，凌晨三四点再各回各家？？？美国人这么没有边界感的是吗，唯一真实的是第二天饿了拿起昨天的蛋糕，吃完身体不舒服，因为没及时放冰箱……感觉这是全游戏最精彩最有代入感的设计了（当然要是跑马桶腹泻就更有感觉！之后我发现可以去街上，还有健身房图书馆，里面很多陌生人在做自己的事，直接选了一个建模不错的点击聊天（无非就是问后，询问工作，讲故事，调戏……等按钮随机来回按），然后解锁粉色聊天（调情，亲吻，说一个黄色笑话……）随变点几下粉条涨了，解锁示爱嘿咻什么的，然后就在沙发上嘿咻（感觉mod做的至少花样多，先前戏再猛冲动画播片都比原版游戏有代入感），一套下来绿条粉条全满她就

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Visuals & Sound

+0.24

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +0.28 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“building tools are great and CAS is the best ever” (7)

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Multiplayer

-1.14

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Community -0.67 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

-4.20

Pricing -4.23 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

“sarcastic complaint about predatory pricing model” (223)

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Tech & Support

-3.30

Developer support -3.46 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

“same bugs promised to fix for ten years, never-ending neglect” (18)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update DLC

Jun 2020Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 1,548 reviews, peak 74/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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