Sims 4 Multiplayer or Online

Hello there, dear programmers!

I suggest u to make a web version, so users can play with one another!

It will be so fun, believe me!

I'd love to see an online feature in The Sims 4 with an open neighborhood style. Imagine being able to invite personal friends or find new friends online to join your game. Each friend could control their own household within the same neighborhood while I'm playing mine. They could be building or playing on their lot, and we could visit each other's lots seamlessly. Think of it like Minecraft, but in the world of The Sims 4.

But of course, there needs to be a focus on single-player first. The multiplayer mode should be a bonus for those who want it. It would also be cool if a friend could play with you in a single household as well.

I also want to see an in-game mod system, kind of like Steam's Workshop. It could make updating broken mods so much easier after a patch. Additionally, I wish The Sims could get their own launcher. The EA app sucks, and I feel The Sims needs their own dedicated launcher.

What I don't want to see is a separate Sims 4 version for multiplayer. I want the option at the main menu to play single-player or play online. Not sure how it could work if your friends were offline. There would have to be options so you could keep playing even if they were offline. Or options where you could play their household if they are offline. But EA really needs to work with the community before they decide and make any plans final.

However, I worry the current game might not handle this well, especially since I experience simulation lag occasionally, and I own all the DLC except for 6 kits. EA really needs to enhance the game's performance to fully utilize the resources available on high-end gaming systems. For reference, I'm running an AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, 64GB DDR4 RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080.

So a suggestion. make a option for multiplay worlds. like you can invite people to your game and they make a family and your two can interact with each other in real time.

Multiplayer:

I think you should make this game multiplayer bc it would be a lot easier and more fun with friends in the mix 🙂 + it's difficult to do it with a mod 

I myself am not interested in a Sims Multiplayer or  Sims Online. For me Sims is a singleplayer exclusively and the gallery is all social interaction I need. I am not interested nor have I any use of other people in my game.

I love playing in single player but also have downloaded so many mods and clicked so many random links to try and play Sims with my friends as a multiplayer game and its absolutely impossible. It would be nice if they kept the game as it is but instead gave an option to build a household with a friend because a lot of people want to play the Sims as a multiplayer game (while it is fun as a single player game). However being able to play with friends would make it so much more fun, and I feel would also bring back the hype for the Sims too, since most people had expected there to be a Sims 5. 

Yes! I agree @FireyLuna. Although it's been 5 years since this recommendation, I still wish this was a thing as my friend and I have been dying to do multiplayer. I would love to be able to create one household together in which we can build and create sims together. Although I've seen some mods that claim to allow us to do Sims multiplayer, after loads of tries I can say that they do not work and I have not been able to play with my friend. Something else that would be cool is that if one person has a mod, they could still use the mod in the co-op multiplayer household that they have. I would absolutely love to play SIMS multiplayer with my friend so although your suggestion has not been applied for 5 years I hope SIMS multiplayer will be a new update soon!

Hi, @Prov31Simmer although I can see where you are coming from. I don't think the original commenter was implying that SIMS 4 should go completely multiplayer. Additionally, as someone who has downloaded multiple mods many times in hopes of playing SIMS 4 with my friend, I can say for sure that it does not work (at least for most people) and that, yes, SIMS 4 should definitely have a multiplayer version for those that wish for it. Of course, SIMS 4 should mainly be single-player, but I heavily disagree that this should "never" happen. 

I completely agree, its less about taking away from the single player aspect of the game, but instead being able to slightly expand and add more functionality to the game when it comes to trying to play and interact with other people. This isn't removing anything, but just adding a little more that not everyone needs to use, but if they want to they can! And its the fact that there can be an option to play multiplayer, instead of making the Sims a completely multiplayer game.

I love Sims 4 and have been playing since 2015 but I have always thought it would be even better with a multiplayer option. This would be so cool because finally me and my friends could collaborate, possibly build houses, and raise families together. The Sims 4 public could go to different places, creating a sense of community.  Overall I think this update is long overdue, and I'd love to see it soon.