
No fancy claiming rituals or a specific launcher necessary. If you happen to be playing the game on console, you simply need to log in to the store of your choice and install it from there. Then, you’ll be able to install it with no issue whatsoever. You can simply hop on Steam, Origin, or the EA App and search for The Sims 4. So, how do you go about claiming The Sims 4 now that it’s free? Do you have to install it through Origin? Fortunately for you, there are no requirements like that this time around. Project Rene is a few years off yet, so in the meantime, Maxis has appeased the masses by finally making The Sims 4 free to play. They also revealed what’s next for the series and gave fans a brief glimpse at Project Rene the next step for The Sims’ universe. Still yet to watch the Behind the Sims Summit? Catch up right here.ĭeveloper, Maxis, didn’t leave us with just that, though. Now, The Sims 4 has had its fair share of free weekends or ‘free on Origin’ offers, but this appears to be it for the game. During the Behind the Sims Summit on October 18, the title went free to play across all platforms.

This is a game that really doesn’t have any competition in its category for delivering and fulfilling these motivations for players and we think of the tremendous growth opportunities for us for many many years to come.It’s been almost a decade of The Sims 4, and most fans are yet to tire of the simulation game.

"As Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation – cross-platforms and a cloud of a neighborhood world, you should imagine while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement, motivations – that this notion of social interactions and competition like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many many years ago – that they will start to become a part of The Sims experience in the years to come. This statement is from EA's third quarter of FY2020 earnings call. If comments from EA's CEO Andrew Wilson are any indication - and you have to hope they would be - an online future is something that the company is considering. (Image credit: EA) What EA has said about Sims 4 multiplayer
