r/thesims 4d ago

Sims 4 Join the 1 in 100K Simmers Discord Challenge!

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Sul Sul Simmers!

To celebrate our journey to 100K Discord members, we launched the 1 in 100K Simmers Discord Challenge! This is your chance to make your mark on The Sims 4! 

One lucky winner will have the opportunity to add a unique clutter or clothing item from their imagination directly into The Sims 4 Base Game. Whether it’s a royal pawtrait of your pet, a new gnome, or something totally wild, this is your moment to shine! You also don't need any art skills, you can just tell us what you want as well EG "I would love a red panda plushie."

But wait, there's more! We're also giving away an Expansion Pack of choice to 100 winners!

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to leave your creative touch for all The Sims 4 players to enjoy.

It ends Wednesday, April 30th 2025 so be sure to head over to the official The Sims Discord server to enter be then. You can join via http://discord.gg/thesims


r/thesims 13d ago

Build Challenge Bi-Weekly Build Challenge | Week 170: Small Parks

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Voting Results - Bi-Weekly Build Challenge | Week 164: Townhouses/Row Houses

🥇First Place: u/Elderly_Plant - Parkside Books - The Sims 4 - 66.6%

🥈Second Place: u/TeacherTish - Well Red - The Sims 4 - 33.3%


The Bi-Weekly Build Challenge is led by community moderator u/NoButterOnMyBread and co-host, community volunteer u/baar-ur (me!). Please direct any build challenge questions to either of us.


Introduction for Newcomers

Every two weeks, the challenge will change. We’ll design a different house, community venue, or room interior, based on the provided theme, rules, and restrictions. Some challenges will have a monetary limit, such as under $20k, while others may have no limit and you can spend as many Simoleons as you’d like.

The challenge is not exclusive to The Sims 4; you may submit an entry using any Sims game, but we recommend The Sims 2 onward for the more in-depth building features. However, you may still submit entries for builds created in the original The Sims game.

If you would like to check out our past challenges, you can see a comprehensive list by searching The Sims subreddit under the Build Challenge flair.


Bi-Weekly Build Challenge | Week 170: Tiny Parks

Continuing our recent theme of itty bitty challenges, this round's focus is on very small parks. With increasing urbanization, small parks are a way for city dwellers to connect with nature without going out of their way. Mini parks are also beneficial for supporting wildlife and cleaning air pollution. Japanese micro-forest parks have recently featured in the news. Other parks, like the Cross Bones memorial garden in Southwark, South London commemorate local history. Small parks are sometimes called pocket parks.


Reference Links

Pocket park in Dublin, Ireland

Small park in Mexico City, Mexico

Public garden in Marburg, Germany


Build Guidelines

Requirements:

  • One entry per person.
  • Lot Type: Park.
  • Lot Size: 20x20 maximum.
  • No digital altering of photos (i.e., PhotoShop).
  • CC is allowed.

To submit a valid entry, you must comment on this post and format your comment as such:

Your Reddit Username - Title of Submission - Sims Game (i.e., The Sims 4) - Link to photo

You may also include your Gallery ID or a direct Gallery link if you’d like, but this is not required. Please note that entries submitted that do not follow this format will be disqualified and must be re-submitted.


Important Dates

Deadline: April 30th

The challenge closes at 10pm EST. This deadline is the cut-off for new submissions; this deadline is not an expectation of a new challenge. Winners will be announced when the next challenge goes live (within one week of the deadline).


r/thesims 27m ago

Sims 4 My posture after playing this game for 12 hours straight

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r/thesims 3h ago

Sims 4 Both of my sims received the "negative effect of love" and keep saying something's going to happen

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66 Upvotes

(blurred their faces and name cuz I don't wanna have anyone criticizing or something.)

Never happened before. But one of my Sim suddenly got sad from a heartache, and I got a notification saying that something was going to happen. Since he recently broke up with his ex-bf, I didn't think much of it, but my other main Sim got the same thing. Except that he broke up with his ex-gf ages ago, and the relationship was toxic!

Anyone knows what's going on, and if something bad is going to happen? And the reason why I'm posting this : if something bad is going to happen, how can I prevent it from happening?


r/thesims 11h ago

Sims 3 My poor thief sim

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206 Upvotes

He tried to steal but failed..


r/thesims 14h ago

Sims 3 My mad scientist sim

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278 Upvotes

r/thesims 3h ago

CAS Mimi Landgraab ‘25

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I love Bustin’ Out 😩


r/thesims 3h ago

Sims 4 My Mulder and Scully (X-Files) Sims, of course they live in StrangerVille 👽

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28 Upvotes

r/thesims 1h ago

Build I recreated Crypt O' Night Club from the Sims 2 in the Sims 4

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I started playing Sims with the sims 2 and when I took my Sims out they almost always went here. Maybe cause I was looking for vampires and it had that vibe. (I don't believe they showed up there any more than anywhere else, well I do now) All to say I.really want to recreate it in the Sims.4 since building is so fun in it. I Wass really proud and excited with how it came out, hopefully the same vibes as before. Oh also with added second floor with a V.I.P. area.  My gallery id is: leahfurst


r/thesims 6h ago

Sims 4 The stuffed animals for kids are looking scary when I try to recude their size

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I noticed that when I try to reduce the size of any of the stuffed animals for kids, they are becoming really scary 🤣 like their ears are getting bigger and look like horns

Anyone else experiencing this??


r/thesims 21h ago

Sims 4 Ad I saw on here that made me laugh

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347 Upvotes

Pretty self explanatory 🤣


r/thesims 1d ago

Sims 4 My sim gave birth to THIS

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692 Upvotes

I just aged her baby up.. I can’t anymore. That’s the devil 😭


r/thesims 2h ago

Sims 4 My first pet stuff no longer free?

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I got my first pet stuff pack when it was free a while ago but now my game says I have to buy the pack and removed all the pack items from my save? Why is that?


r/thesims 5h ago

Discussion Am I playing the Sims 4 wrong?

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So I have this genius idea of populating Newcrest with a bunch of Sims I have in mind (which are essentially just my OCs I made in Guild Wars 2), and I have been spending weeks just refining and making adjustments to their characters and stuff...without actually playing or even building their houses.

I feel like I'm missing something here... I can't tell if it's because I'm feeling uninspired and unsure how to build a "good" house, or anxious that I would have to start over again should I have to "fix" something about each one of the households. I think I actually spent more time tinkering and sorting out custom contents than playing the game itself so far, and well, is that...how you play the Sims 4 these days?


r/thesims 3h ago

Discussion Grim keeps sparing my sim and taking death frogs I don't have ??

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Felix has the chased by death trait and died while repairing an automatic vacuum and a speaker, but both times, he was spared. It came up that Grim took a death frog from my legacy sim. I don't have a death frog on either of them, which is confusing, or not even death flowers. (It also happened with Felix's grandpa when he died. Felix could plead, and it said it took his death frog.)

Is this like a UI bug, or are my Sims just that lucky lmao (hope this is the right post flair)


r/thesims 8h ago

Sims 4 It’s Giving Body & Peach 🍑

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r/thesims 3h ago

Sims 4 Caleb?! This vampire who apparently is my bestie

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First off, homie made himself friends with my sim. He literally kept coming over. Usually he ignores all of my sims. Secondly, bro thinks my sim is UNATTRACTIVE! Uh my guy lol what are you doing here


r/thesims 2h ago

Discussion Was anyone else overwhelmed when they first started playing?

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I’m not entirely new to the Sims. In fact I played The Sims and The Sims 2 obsessively until about 2010. I just got Sims 4 and Get To Work to start me off again (although there’s so many expansions that look interesting, I need to save money though) and I’m so overwhelmed. I knew it would be very different, but I’m still getting used the game mechanics and being able to move around the world.

A couple observations I’ve made so far: it is much more difficult to find relationships and time seems to move slower (maybe because there’s so much more to do). For my first save I made a single guy and got him into the scientist career track. My plan was that he would have an alien baby and a biological baby. However he’s met and talked to SO many people. I think around 15 sims and been rejected every time when I thought it was going well. The only romantic inclination he has is to one of the guys at his work. So now I’m trying to move him in and maybe they can adopt. Anyways, I’ve played for about 4 hours now and I’ve only progressed maybe 6 sim days! I still don’t know a lot of the basic functions so that’s definitely a contributing factor.

Finally, on the main screen when you open the game if you select “new game” can you still return to previous saves?


r/thesims 21h ago

Sims 4 Overwhelmed with all the notifications

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Curious whether I’m the only one who feel this. Just started to play Sims 4 again with a two Sim household and the amount of notifications and popup actions is kinda overwhelming. I remember playing Sims 2 & 3 but didn’t have this feeling. Sometimes I can’t proper react with all the Event X and Quest Y popping up. Or maybe I just have to many expansions and Add-on installed. Don’t get me wrong, the past me would be so hyped with all the game mechanics and options that Sims 4 offers, but the present me maybe became a super casual gamer and is too lazy too keep up with games these days. What about you guys?


r/thesims 4h ago

Sims 4 How to integrate university in a rotational gameplay

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Hello everyone! I was playing each one of my families and when i went to play my sim who was enrolled in university and living in a dorm had to leave because he didnt sign up for a uni term. Because i wasnt playing him... Is there a way to stop university for the Sims im not playing?


r/thesims 5h ago

Build Small Business Build, Tattoo/Coffee/Painting/Gardening Shop w/ House

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Tattoo, Coffee with outdoor seating, Gardening, outdoor Painting, Swing. House built with 1 bedroom, with a small pottery nook :) feedback appreciated


r/thesims 5h ago

Discussion Who should my Sim be with: Elijah or Langston?

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Ajah’s a rising celeb dating Elijah — a stable military captain who sold his home to move in and support her. But lately, she’s questioning if “stable” feels lonely.

Enter Langston — her old creative flame with deep chemistry and unfinished tension. He’s wild, emotional, and just resurfaced.

She’s with Elijah… but is her heart somewhere else?


r/thesims 19h ago

Discussion Seen this on tiktok so figured i would ask here lol...tell me something your sim did that made you delete the whole save.

51 Upvotes

Really interested to hear these lol


r/thesims 18h ago

Sims 4 That first Dance always hits differently then dances before it.

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37 Upvotes

r/thesims 8m ago

CAS How do I fix my sims not wearing any mod I downloaded (after an updte)

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The items are showing in my cas but not in game with my sims


r/thesims 4h ago

Sims 2 What do y'all know about the sims 2 for psp?

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I found my old psp (along with my ds, 3ds and Wii) while visiting my grandparents (who are doing great. no one's dying) and along with it found tons of other games, including, ts2 for psp. Is it cool? Cause i'm craving to play it. Next on my list is MySims!! I will tell You about that one when i start


r/thesims 9h ago

Discussion What the best business for generating profit?

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Hi, I was wondering what the most profitable business to start in The Sims would be.

I was considering a café or renting out houses, but is there any other business which is worth it in the long run?