How do players who really played The Sims 4 rate it? TrueGG Rating 82.4%
Players who really played rate it lower than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.
Good for
- Players who want a good story and characters
Think twice if you are
- Players wary of microtransactions and DLC
A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How
vs Steam overall
Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 6,753 reviews
- TrueGG, all time
- 87.2%
- Steam overall
- 86.3%
- Japanese, all time
- 83.7%
Early wall
Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.8% of all reviews. Their positive share is 60.9%.
This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).
Does the rating change the longer people play?
Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.
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| Playtime | Positive | Japanese | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 h | 45.4% | 0.0% | 251 |
| 1–2 h | 55.6% | 100.0% | 142 |
| 2–5 h | 79.6% | 0.0% | 932 |
| 5–10 h | 84.4% | — | 1,130 |
| 10–20 h | 87.7% | 100.0% | 1,480 |
| 20–50 h | 85.6% | 66.7% | 2,221 |
| 50–100 h | 82.9% | 0.0% | 1,421 |
| 100–200 h | 82.1% | 100.0% | 1,164 |
| 200+ h | 78.7% | 66.7% | 1,947 |
How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 56% had 20+ hours and 22% had 100+ hours (all time).
Summary
The Sims 4 has a TrueGG Rating of 82.4%: the positive share among 6,753 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 86.3%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 87.2%).
Reviews written under 2 hours make up 5% of the total, and only 61% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.
In the last 180 days, approval peaks at 88% around 10–20h and falls to 79% at 200h+: in the current version, long-time players are harsher.
Negative reviews most often mention monetization and DLC (less than at launch), crashes and bugs, and updates and the developers. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and the story.
Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 83.7%, similar to all languages.
Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (84.4% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.
All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.
Why it is rated this way
Complaints center on live operations and online play (Monetization & DLC, Updates & developers). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).
− Most mentioned complaints
- Monetization & DLC20% of negative reviews (13% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch · 10 positive reviews say it improved
- Crashes & bugs12% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch · 7 positive reviews say it improved
- Updates & developers9% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
- Price8% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch · 5 positive reviews say it improved
+ What players praise
- Fun & feel32% of positive reviews (15% of negative)
- Story10% of positive reviews (4% of negative)
Counted from 378 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count
Checking the numbers
Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.
| Metric | Positive | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Official Steam rating | 86.3% | All time, all languages · 201,585 reviews |
| Adjusted rating | 84.4% | Weighted by trust (95% range 83.8%–84.9%), −2.0pt vs official |
| Japanese-language reviews | 82.6% | All time, Japanese-language reviews (−3.7pt vs overall) · 454 reviews |
Show the positive vs negative breakdown
Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 2% | 12% |
| Very short text | 52% | 26% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 0% | 0% |
| Received for free | 0% | 0% |
| Owns very few games | 41% | 18% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 2% | 2% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.69 | 0.81 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 36.1 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19
When did the rating change?
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Reviews per month
Positive share per month
Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.
Updates and ratings before and after
| Date | Announcement | 2 months before → after |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | Marketplace Is Live in The Sims™ 4! | 84% → 80% (−3.9pt) |
| 2026-02-03 | Free Update Now Live | 85% → 74% (−10.1pt) |
| 2025-10-02 | The Sims™ 4 Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack* is Here! | 80% → 86% (+6.0pt) |
| 2025-09-04 | The Sims™ 4 Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack* Arrives Oct 2 | 84% → 84% (+0.3pt) |
| 2025-08-29 | The Sims™ 4 Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack | 87% → 79% (−7.3pt) |
| 2025-07-10 | The Sims™ 4 Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack is Here | 87% → 80% (−7.2pt) |
| 2025-03-06 | The Sims™ 4 Businesses & Hobbies Expansion Pack* Has Arrived | 84% → 87% (+3.0pt) |
| 2024-10-03 | The Sims™ 4 Life & Death Expansion Pack Arrives Oct 31 | 85% → 88% (+3.2pt) |
| 2024-07-25 | The Sims™ 4 Lovestruck Expansion Pack is Here! | 86% → 85% (−1.5pt) |
| 2024-06-27 | The Sims™ 4 Lovestruck Expansion Pack | 87% → 85% (−1.9pt) |
Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.
Reviews per day, last 30 days
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| Month | Positive | Negative | Positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06 | 426 | 96 | 81.6% |
| 2020-07 | 640 | 72 | 89.9% |
| 2020-08 | 280 | 34 | 89.2% |
| 2020-09 | 1,229 | 197 | 86.2% |
| 2020-10 | 589 | 79 | 88.2% |
| 2020-11 | 3,872 | 417 | 90.3% |
| 2020-12 | 2,817 | 352 | 88.9% |
| 2021-01 | 2,970 | 354 | 89.4% |
| 2021-02 | 2,128 | 243 | 89.8% |
| 2021-03 | 1,406 | 163 | 89.6% |
| 2021-04 | 2,823 | 365 | 88.6% |
| 2021-05 | 1,491 | 109 | 93.2% |
| 2021-06 | 1,782 | 195 | 90.1% |
| 2021-07 | 3,331 | 314 | 91.4% |
| 2021-08 | 1,891 | 194 | 90.7% |
| 2021-09 | 1,270 | 121 | 91.3% |
| 2021-10 | 1,651 | 153 | 91.5% |
| 2021-11 | 2,141 | 179 | 92.3% |
| 2021-12 | 2,761 | 251 | 91.7% |
| 2022-01 | 3,195 | 273 | 92.1% |
| 2022-02 | 3,620 | 2,259 | 61.6% |
| 2022-03 | 2,340 | 383 | 85.9% |
| 2022-04 | 1,953 | 176 | 91.7% |
| 2022-05 | 2,349 | 267 | 89.8% |
| 2022-06 | 2,311 | 250 | 90.2% |
| 2022-07 | 2,940 | 336 | 89.7% |
| 2022-08 | 2,650 | 344 | 88.5% |
| 2022-09 | 1,506 | 266 | 85.0% |
| 2022-10 | 4,858 | 1,349 | 78.3% |
| 2022-11 | 5,338 | 766 | 87.5% |
| 2022-12 | 3,929 | 525 | 88.2% |
| 2023-01 | 4,266 | 638 | 87.0% |
| 2023-02 | 3,222 | 504 | 86.5% |
| 2023-03 | 3,892 | 556 | 87.5% |
| 2023-04 | 2,878 | 393 | 88.0% |
| 2023-05 | 2,982 | 405 | 88.0% |
| 2023-06 | 3,084 | 407 | 88.3% |
| 2023-07 | 3,907 | 499 | 88.7% |
| 2023-08 | 3,033 | 469 | 86.6% |
| 2023-09 | 2,604 | 355 | 88.0% |
| 2023-10 | 2,510 | 298 | 89.4% |
| 2023-11 | 3,408 | 350 | 90.7% |
| 2023-12 | 3,669 | 490 | 88.2% |
| 2024-01 | 3,229 | 464 | 87.4% |
| 2024-02 | 2,617 | 406 | 86.6% |
| 2024-03 | 2,988 | 465 | 86.5% |
| 2024-04 | 2,932 | 393 | 88.2% |
| 2024-05 | 2,512 | 391 | 86.5% |
| 2024-06 | 3,430 | 570 | 85.8% |
| 2024-07 | 3,825 | 596 | 86.5% |
| 2024-08 | 2,782 | 527 | 84.1% |
| 2024-09 | 2,112 | 367 | 85.2% |
| 2024-10 | 2,146 | 379 | 85.0% |
| 2024-11 | 2,797 | 399 | 87.5% |
| 2024-12 | 2,924 | 399 | 88.0% |
| 2025-01 | 3,331 | 595 | 84.8% |
| 2025-02 | 2,442 | 471 | 83.8% |
| 2025-03 | 2,776 | 493 | 84.9% |
| 2025-04 | 2,092 | 309 | 87.1% |
| 2025-05 | 2,217 | 313 | 87.6% |
| 2025-06 | 2,159 | 316 | 87.2% |
| 2025-07 | 2,615 | 414 | 86.3% |
| 2025-08 | 2,055 | 493 | 80.7% |
| 2025-09 | 1,763 | 450 | 79.7% |
| 2025-10 | 1,565 | 411 | 79.2% |
| 2025-11 | 2,630 | 385 | 87.2% |
| 2025-12 | 1,985 | 355 | 84.8% |
| 2026-01 | 2,201 | 412 | 84.2% |
| 2026-02 | 2,113 | 430 | 83.1% |
| 2026-03 | 1,838 | 775 | 70.3% |
| 2026-04 | 1,602 | 410 | 79.6% |
| 2026-05 | 1,592 | 399 | 80.0% |
| 2026-06 | 1,507 | 349 | 81.2% |
| 2026-07 | 1,750 | 369 | 82.6% |
| 2026-08 | 1,528 | 382 | 80.0% |
| 2026-09 | 1,300 | 270 | 82.8% |
| 2026-10 | 750 | 131 | 85.1% |
Show daily data as a table
| Day | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | 49 | 10 |
| 2026-09-20 | 54 | 7 |
| 2026-09-21 | 37 | 7 |
| 2026-09-22 | 50 | 5 |
| 2026-09-23 | 54 | 11 |
| 2026-09-24 | 54 | 14 |
| 2026-09-25 | 56 | 12 |
| 2026-09-26 | 49 | 12 |
| 2026-09-27 | 68 | 10 |
| 2026-09-28 | 37 | 11 |
| 2026-09-29 | 36 | 4 |
| 2026-09-30 | 30 | 10 |
| 2026-10-01 | 28 | 7 |
| 2026-10-02 | 40 | 9 |
| 2026-10-03 | 67 | 12 |
| 2026-10-04 | 44 | 11 |
| 2026-10-05 | 40 | 6 |
| 2026-10-06 | 40 | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 | 40 | 9 |
| 2026-10-08 | 41 | 5 |
| 2026-10-09 | 43 | 3 |
| 2026-10-10 | 60 | 6 |
| 2026-10-11 | 49 | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 | 40 | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 | 44 | 12 |
| 2026-10-14 | 28 | 9 |
| 2026-10-15 | 26 | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 | 38 | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 | 45 | 10 |
| 2026-10-18 | 37 | 4 |
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 84.7% | 1,538 |
| Last 180 days | 81.9% | 10,669 |
| All time | 86.3% | 201,585 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 58.3% | 12 |
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