Sims can die from causes both natural and unnatural, but then you can move your attention to their offspring or just head back into Create-a-Sim.Ħ. Length: The Sims 4 is a game without end. A Digital Deluxe Edition that includes a soundtrack and some additional digital content costs £59.99/$69.99.ĥ. Cost: From EA’s digital store Origin, the Standard Edition of The Sims 4 costs £49.99/$59.99. Format: Currently, The Sims 4 is only available for PC, but there should be a Mac version in future.Ĥ. Developer: The Sims 4 was developed by series creator Maxis and The Sims Studio.ģ. The Sims 4 improves on the previous games in the series with simpler creation tools and a more complex simulation in which your Sims’ emotions affect their interactions with objects and other Sims.Ģ. Players choose Sims or create their own, build them houses or move them into ready-made ones, and decide how they will live their lives. The Sims 4 has little in the way of plot beyond the pre-built characters that the developers have included, and is more of a virtual dollhouse. The world in which these Sims live can be described as “realistic-ish”, as Sims get jobs and earn money to pay bills and buy things but can also, for example, die from laughter and then meet and talk to the Grim Reaper. Genre and story: The Sims 4 is the latest in an incredibly popular series of life simulation games, in which players manage the lives of virtual people called Sims.