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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

25,042
playing now
86%
positive of 201k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,114
twitch viewers (latest)
11.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
67/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (652 ratings)
5,478
Nexus mods (34M downloads)
3.77★
PlayStation Store rating (141,629 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

25,042 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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
  • · 25,042 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 16,614 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,077/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,623 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 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (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: 1,528 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 382 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 80 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

36k13k2026-09-14 18:00 — 26,511 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 26,043 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 25,827 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 25,722 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 27,128 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 32,479 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 35,703 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 27,723 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 24,846 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 25,995 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 26,050 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 27,652 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 33,018 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 35,750 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 27,915 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 26,846 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 26,237 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 25,854 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 27,745 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 33,569 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 34,873 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 27,301 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 26,271 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 25,354 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 25,412 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 27,513 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 32,623 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 34,898 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 30,954 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 26,698 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 25,042 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35k1.6kJun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 2,586 · peak 3,793Aug 2020 — avg 1,645 · peak 2,291Oct 2020 — avg 2,613 · peak 11,250Dec 2020 — avg 9,007 · peak 23,562Feb 2021 — avg 9,032 · peak 15,331Apr 2021 — avg 10,504 · peak 20,572Jun 2021 — avg 8,127 · peak 18,445Aug 2021 — avg 10,444 · peak 18,454Oct 2021 — avg 9,081 · peak 15,280Dec 2021 — avg 12,519 · peak 26,197Feb 2022 — avg 17,235 · peak 36,155Apr 2022 — avg 12,895 · peak 21,255Jun 2022 — avg 14,464 · peak 25,412Aug 2022 — avg 16,492 · peak 26,083Oct 2022 — avg 28,621 · peak 96,185Dec 2022 — avg 28,535 · peak 46,769Feb 2023 — avg 29,313 · peak 50,489Apr 2023 — avg 28,167 · peak 48,135Jun 2023 — avg 26,586 · peak 39,539Aug 2023 — avg 26,430 · peak 41,663Oct 2023 — avg 24,006 · peak 39,293Dec 2023 — avg 29,330 · peak 48,066Feb 2024 — avg 28,730 · peak 46,877Apr 2024 — avg 28,664 · peak 45,489Jun 2024 — avg 29,394 · peak 44,827Aug 2024 — avg 31,559 · peak 48,404Oct 2024 — avg 25,758 · peak 42,969Dec 2024 — avg 27,845 · peak 48,170Feb 2025 — avg 34,962 · peak 59,219Apr 2025 — avg 29,097 · peak 50,119Jun 2025 — avg 28,162 · peak 43,469Aug 2025 — avg 27,907 · peak 44,771Oct 2025 — avg 23,283 · peak 41,350Dec 2025 — avg 24,186 · peak 43,924Feb 2026 — avg 29,321 · peak 47,553Apr 2026 — avg 23,492 · peak 38,371Jun 2026 — avg 23,960 · peak 36,346Aug 2026 — avg 24,366 · peak 36,748
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#12#732026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #592026-09-15 — #122026-09-16 — #122026-09-17 — #122026-09-18 — #612026-09-19 — #622026-09-20 — #602026-09-21 — #572026-09-22 — #572026-09-23 — #592026-09-24 — #632026-09-25 — #672026-09-26 — #702026-09-27 — #632026-09-28 — #612026-09-29 — #612026-09-30 — #652026-10-01 — #692026-10-02 — #702026-10-03 — #712026-10-04 — #692026-10-05 — #692026-10-06 — #692026-10-07 — #732026-10-08 — #732026-10-09 — #732026-10-10 — #732026-10-11 — #692026-10-12 — #682026-10-13 — #682026-10-14 — #69
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
60602026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 30 new positive2026-09-15: 4 new negative2026-09-16: 30 new positive2026-09-16: 8 new negative2026-09-17: 27 new positive2026-09-17: 7 new negative2026-09-18: 21 new positive2026-09-18: 3 new negative2026-09-19: 21 new positive2026-09-19: 8 new negative2026-09-20: 43 new positive2026-09-20: 6 new negative2026-09-21: 39 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 60 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 42 new positive2026-09-23: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 36 new positive2026-09-24: 8 new negative2026-09-25: 34 new positive2026-09-25: 12 new negative2026-09-26: 33 new positive2026-09-26: 11 new negative2026-09-27: 48 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-28: 37 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new negative2026-09-29: 30 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 17 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 21 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 35 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 51 new positive2026-10-04: 9 new negative2026-10-05: 29 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 55 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 21 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 32 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 41 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 33 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 29 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 28 new positive2026-10-13: 9 new negative2026-10-14: 23 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$75.71$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7994772026-05-28 — 753 pageviews2026-06-01 — 662 pageviews2026-06-05 — 637 pageviews2026-06-09 — 629 pageviews2026-06-13 — 646 pageviews2026-06-17 — 584 pageviews2026-06-21 — 682 pageviews2026-06-25 — 630 pageviews2026-06-29 — 700 pageviews2026-07-03 — 602 pageviews2026-07-07 — 580 pageviews2026-07-11 — 544 pageviews2026-07-15 — 543 pageviews2026-07-19 — 615 pageviews2026-07-23 — 553 pageviews2026-07-27 — 607 pageviews2026-07-31 — 633 pageviews2026-08-04 — 656 pageviews2026-08-08 — 654 pageviews2026-08-12 — 579 pageviews2026-08-16 — 686 pageviews2026-08-20 — 576 pageviews2026-08-24 — 598 pageviews2026-08-28 — 679 pageviews2026-09-01 — 649 pageviews2026-09-05 — 588 pageviews2026-09-09 — 527 pageviews2026-09-13 — 673 pageviews2026-09-17 — 491 pageviews2026-09-21 — 495 pageviews2026-09-25 — 540 pageviews2026-09-29 — 477 pageviews2026-10-03 — 555 pageviews2026-10-06 — 537 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.0k1182026-09-30 18:34 — 2,097 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 456 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 620 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 1,237 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 236 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 613 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 629 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 428 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 934 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 681 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 765 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 964 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 200 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 669 viewers2026-10-06 00:12 — 3,542 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 922 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 796 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 740 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 559 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 1,205 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 337 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 435 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 2,404 viewers2026-10-09 04:12 — 6,023 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 722 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 524 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 172 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 899 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 1,077 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 312 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 1,359 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 363 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 800 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 802 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 253 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 604 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 611 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 973 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1,114 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…

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2020-06-18, latest 2026-08-27 (Steam store data)

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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