Re: Steam > Proton for playing Sims 4 on Linux - worth it?
@eustacecs The Steam version of Sims 4 still requires Origin to run, although it runs "quietly in the background," for what it's worth. If Origin is taking more resources than it should, there are various settings you can try to address it, but there's no way to remove Origin from the process entirely.
Some of the ways to help are disabling hardware info sharing; disabling the Origin Client Service and Web Helper Service, which can be seen in the Task Manager or blocked from starting with msconfig in Windows, to give you an idea of where to look; or running Origin in offline mode, which will probably block the Gallery from opening but would at least let you play Sims 4 in peace.