It’s odd that we’re still waiting for a new Sims game, but Sims 4 surprise free-to-play pivot means that everyone gets to enjoy the game’s very best mods.Įven though the barrier for entry into the latest Sims game has been lowered to “nothing,” anyone who downloads the game is still downloading the same, flawed title that was released in 2014.

You would think that eight years is more than enough to produce a new sequel, but instead, the companies decided to give everyone the gift of Sims 4 for free.

In the years that followed, Maxis and EA released expansion packs of every shape and size to provide new careers, clothes, and houses. At the time that The Sims 4 was released in 2014, it was missing a ton of features that gamers loved from the previous Sims title.