Sims 4 Multiplayer or Online

That’s a totally fair concern, especially as a long-time player. I agree that the single-player experience should always be the priority, and I don’t think anyone wants that compromised.

My suggestion isn’t a full multiplayer overhaul, but rather very small, optional, and contained features that could be tested incrementally if they can be done without pulling resources from core single-player development. I also agree that a fully realized multiplayer Sims would probably make more sense as a separate standalone title. 

On a personal note, I hope some form of optional multiplayer could exist one day mainly so my cousin and I could enjoy our favorite game together when we’re apart.

My personal view is that ANY resources that are used toward this would take away from resources that make a better single-player game experience. I say that as a person who has played since the first iteration of the franchise in the 2000's. A multi-player version of the Sims should be a seperate stand alone game title.

Hi Simmers 👋

I wanted to start a constructive discussion around small, update-friendly multiplayer or co-op features that could realistically fit within The Sims 4’s existing framework.

Rather than a full open-world multiplayer system, many players would be excited to see limited, opt-in, and phased features introduced over time similar to how other major systems in TS4 have evolved through updates.

Some update-friendly concepts that could be tested incrementally:

Invite-only co-op building on a single lot

Shared households with controlled permissions

Time-synced play sessions between friends

Multiplayer functionality limited to specific lots or events

From a development and business perspective, this approach allows for:

Gradual testing without disrupting single-player gameplay

Community feedback shaping future updates

Improved player retention and return engagement per update

Strong social visibility during update rollouts

Multiplayer doesn’t need to replace solo storytelling it could exist as a separate, optional experience, rolled out carefully and improved through patches and expansions if successful.

The Sims has always grown through iteration. Features like pools, toddlers, infants, neighborhoods, and lifestyle systems were all expanded over time. A modular multiplayer system could follow that same model.

I’d love to hear community thoughts:

Would you support a limited multiplayer test update?

Which small co-op feature would make the most sense as a first step?

Do you see this as feasible within TS4, or better suited for future titles?

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I'd only be on board with this is single player offline is still an option. My Internet is too bad for online games normally and right now I'm living on a sick elderly family member's sofa without Internet access at all on my computer so Sims being offline is the only way I get to play at all. 

 I  have answered this before in other threads. Try Second Life by Linden Labs, or, Open Simulator. Both are very expansive MMORP systems. one premade, (SL). the other (Opensim) is a make it your way yourself thing.

Of the two I prefer OpenSim, and then you can invite all your friends and family to be part of your own private sim game.

You can find more info on a google search.

Can we please make the sims an online game. Me and my sisters play the sims 4 together and would love if our sims were able to play in the same world and visit eachothers builds.

Im on ps5 version 2.19

Coral Island has a good example of how a feature like that could work. It could be minimal player online co-op. That would definitely keep me from looking for packs every quarter. Plus I could play existing features with friends on voice chat and cause my own drama.

How would you utilize a feature like this in the Sims 4?

When the game was originally created, it was supposed to be always online. That was scraped as far as I learned. There is information online about that, especially vis YouTube. I don't play online multi-player games, so adding it would not be useful. The only people I know personally who play Sims 4 are my children and we share 1 account.

I think they did that with Sims Mobile and it was a bad experience for me like a random player was trying to take away a sim I made for my sim husband, and she kept messaging me over and over it felt like borderline harassment anywho I say yes to adding friends no to just playing with randoms.