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The Sims™ 4

Maxis · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-18

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AdventureCasualSimulationFree To Play

Franchise: The Sims · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2017 (Xbox One), Sep 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 17, 2015 (Mac)

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.

The Sims™ 4 is an Adventure, Casual, Simulation, Free To Play game released in 2020, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (86% of 198818 reviews) sentiment.

34,816
playing now
86%
positive of 200k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,067
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (652 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

34,816 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Sims 4 is a social simulation game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released on September 2, 2014, for Windows, and is the fourth main installment in The Sims series, following The Sims 3 (2009). As with previous games in the series, The Sims 4 allows players to create and customize characters named "Sims", build and furnish their homes, and simulate their daily life across various in-game regions. This installment introduced a newly developed custom game engine, featuring enhanced character creation and housebuilding tools, as well as a more complex in-game simulation.

Trailer

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The Sims 4 Free Base Game Launch Trailer

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 34,816 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 18,087 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,261/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.3k5.3k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,872 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,817 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,970 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,128 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,823 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,491 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,782 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3,331 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,891 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,270 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,141 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,761 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,195 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,620 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,259 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,340 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,953 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,349 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,311 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,940 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,650 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,506 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4,858 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,349 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5,338 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 766 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,929 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 525 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,266 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 638 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,222 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 504 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,892 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 556 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,878 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 393 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,982 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,084 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,907 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,033 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 469 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,604 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,510 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,408 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,669 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 490 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,229 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 464 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,617 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 406 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,988 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 465 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,932 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 393 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,512 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 391 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,430 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 570 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,825 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 596 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,782 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,112 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,146 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,797 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,924 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,331 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 595 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,442 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 471 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,776 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 493 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,092 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,217 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,159 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,615 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,055 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 493 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,763 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 450 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,630 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,985 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,201 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,113 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 430 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,838 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 775 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,602 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,592 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,507 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,750 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

37k14k2026-08-06 16:00 — 29,943 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 16,468 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 25,991 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 26,953 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 22,432 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 35,229 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 20,111 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 23,174 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 30,006 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 16,597 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 24,881 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 25,203 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 18,099 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 28,921 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 21,155 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 24,054 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 35,595 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 16,679 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 25,992 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 26,161 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 18,205 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 29,879 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 19,023 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 21,174 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 29,664 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 18,392 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 28,843 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 30,538 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 18,509 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 30,469 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 19,012 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 20,508 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 27,419 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 15,942 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 22,432 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 26,481 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 18,368 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 32,433 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 25,318 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 34,816 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#52#572026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #522026-08-07 — #522026-08-08 — #522026-08-09 — #522026-08-10 — #522026-08-11 — #522026-08-12 — #522026-08-13 — #562026-08-14 — #552026-08-15 — #552026-08-16 — #552026-08-17 — #552026-08-18 — #532026-08-19 — #532026-08-20 — #532026-08-21 — #542026-08-22 — #552026-08-23 — #572026-08-24 — #562026-08-25 — #552026-08-26 — #552026-08-27 — #552026-08-28 — #562026-08-29 — #562026-08-30 — #56
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
91912026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 91 new positive2026-08-07: 16 new negative2026-08-08: 35 new positive2026-08-08: 17 new negative2026-08-09: 43 new positive2026-08-09: 16 new negative2026-08-10: 55 new positive2026-08-10: 16 new negative2026-08-11: 31 new positive2026-08-11: 14 new negative2026-08-12: 34 new positive2026-08-12: 18 new negative2026-08-14: 31 new positive2026-08-14: 8 new negative2026-08-15: 33 new positive2026-08-15: 10 new negative2026-08-16: 34 new positive2026-08-16: 13 new negative2026-08-17: 42 new positive2026-08-17: 11 new negative2026-08-18: 27 new positive2026-08-18: 4 new negative2026-08-19: 31 new positive2026-08-19: 11 new negative2026-08-20: 29 new positive2026-08-20: 12 new negative2026-08-21: 39 new positive2026-08-21: 11 new negative2026-08-22: 36 new positive2026-08-22: 4 new negative2026-08-23: 39 new positive2026-08-23: 5 new negative2026-08-24: 37 new positive2026-08-24: 7 new negative2026-08-25: 39 new positive2026-08-25: 10 new negative2026-08-26: 55 new positive2026-08-26: 12 new negative2026-08-27: 37 new positive2026-08-27: 10 new negative2026-08-28: 38 new positive2026-08-28: 13 new negative2026-08-29: 37 new positive2026-08-29: 11 new negative2026-08-30: 53 new positive2026-08-30: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$75.71$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $40.192015-03-07 — best price $75.172015-05-19 — best price $59.992015-08-04 — best price $35.992015-11-30 — best price $59.992016-01-23 — best price $56.992016-04-11 — best price $59.992016-07-26 — best price $29.992016-11-27 — best price $39.992017-02-09 — best price $39.992017-07-11 — best price $15.002018-01-05 — best price $19.992018-06-12 — best price $39.992018-12-06 — best price $9.992019-04-26 — best price $39.992019-10-14 — best price $39.992019-12-20 — best price $5.992020-02-12 — best price $41.462020-03-30 — best price $39.992020-05-28 — best price $35.992020-06-20 — best price $35.992020-08-05 — best price $14.062020-09-18 — best price $39.992020-10-19 — best price $13.262020-11-13 — best price $39.992020-12-09 — best price $35.992021-01-05 — best price $4.802021-02-22 — best price $39.992021-03-18 — best price $4.992021-04-23 — best price $39.992021-05-15 — best price $39.992021-06-06 — best price $35.992021-08-18 — best price $9.182021-10-11 — best price $8.802021-11-21 — best price $4.352022-01-11 — best price $37.992022-03-21 — best price $4.792022-10-18 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8285312026-05-28 — 753 pageviews2026-05-31 — 828 pageviews2026-06-03 — 663 pageviews2026-06-06 — 653 pageviews2026-06-09 — 629 pageviews2026-06-12 — 580 pageviews2026-06-15 — 610 pageviews2026-06-18 — 672 pageviews2026-06-21 — 682 pageviews2026-06-24 — 609 pageviews2026-06-27 — 630 pageviews2026-06-30 — 627 pageviews2026-07-03 — 602 pageviews2026-07-06 — 630 pageviews2026-07-09 — 571 pageviews2026-07-12 — 580 pageviews2026-07-15 — 543 pageviews2026-07-18 — 653 pageviews2026-07-21 — 680 pageviews2026-07-24 — 551 pageviews2026-07-27 — 607 pageviews2026-07-30 — 624 pageviews2026-08-02 — 715 pageviews2026-08-05 — 781 pageviews2026-08-08 — 654 pageviews2026-08-11 — 600 pageviews2026-08-14 — 614 pageviews2026-08-17 — 593 pageviews2026-08-20 — 576 pageviews2026-08-23 — 556 pageviews2026-08-25 — 570 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13k1072026-08-17 20:12 — 5,851 viewers2026-08-17 23:12 — 7,734 viewers2026-08-21 18:12 — 13,197 viewers2026-08-24 10:12 — 2,089 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 2,159 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 679 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 789 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 404 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 188 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,090 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 966 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1,297 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,640 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1,157 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1,594 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 206 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 831 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 563 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1,414 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 810 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 486 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,148 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 346 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 394 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1,061 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 638 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 1,175 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1,020 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3,932 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 615 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 245 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 590 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 704 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,067 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSurround SoundRemote Play on Tablet113 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyCasualRomanceSandboxBuildingLife SimRelaxingRealisticDating SimSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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