1st September 2025 - ‘Back to Reality!’ Update
Update Release: 10:30 PM UTC, Monday, September 1st.
Sul Sul!
Summer is officially over, and your Sims are (sadly) heading home from their big summer vacation.
It's back to lectures, lunch boxes, and looming deadlines. There seems to be no escaping that Back to Reality energy. But in SimTown, deadlines can be delayed, naps are encouraged, and toddlers run the show. Reality’s never looked this fun.
The Summer Vacation Series comes to a close...
After a sun-soaked season of poolside persuasion and out-of-town adventures, the days have started getting shorter, and the to-do lists are starting to get longer. That means the final update of the Summer Vacation Series is here, and with it comes the unmistakable smell of fresh notebooks, lukewarm office coffee, and… tempestuous toddlers?
Reality is knocking, and this time, there's no snooze button.
A gift to get you started…
We’ve got your Sims covered - literally. Whether they’re heading to class, clocking in, or keeping it casual, four brand-new blazers are arriving in your inbox during the first week of the update.
Here’s what’s waiting back home in SimTown…
SimChase: Office Buzz
Peer-Review Week has arrived, and your Sims’ manager is ready to pounce on any signs of “low productivity.” The office is buzzing with coffee, panic, and petty distractions, and it's a race to get through that to-do list before someone gets called out. Can your Sims clean up their act in time? Or will the temptation to doomscroll get the best of them?
Craft Challenge: Seems like School Spirit
Orientation Week is fast approaching, and Duketon University’s library is still a total disaster.
Creaky floors, cluttered shelves. There’s no way students can focus here.
Your Sims have been called in to give the library a glow-up: redesign the space, calm the chaos, and bring some much-needed school spirit to campus before the semester starts!
Influence Island: Dilly-Dally Daycare
The toddlers have found the sugar stash. That’s it. That’s the problem. Now the daycare is bouncing off the walls… literally. It’s up to your Sims to restore the toddler order before someone glues themselves to the playmats! You’ll need charm, patience, and maybe a spare juice box. Just don’t dilly dally, the chaos won’t contain itself.
And that’s not the only thing filling your Sims’ calendars…
Influence Island: Highest Highrise
Going back to the office isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But now your Sims’ desks are on top of the building, as in, the rooftop. Is this corporate efficiency, or malicious compliance at its best? Either way, your Sims have to rally their colleagues, question everything, and prove that work-from-roof is not a sustainable work model.
SimChase: Clutter Cleanout!
Your Sims got home from holiday and… what is this mess? Clothes on the floor, furniture flipped, and a suspiciously sprightly cleaning vigilante named Spruce Springclean already halfway through the job. Nobody remembers hiring him, but he’s here, he’s fast, and he’s really into decluttering. Can your Sims catch up before their house becomes a minimalist museum? Time to clean like the wind!
Craft Challenge: Café Grandé
That old corner café just got a second chance, and your Sim has the vision (and the espresso machine) to turn it into a local hotspot. Brew up charm, comfort, and plenty of seating with stylish new café-inspired items. Beans are optional, but great design is a must!
Influence Island: Layered Laundrette
The laundrette’s under new management. Or at least it could be, if your Sims out-charm the competition. It’s a battle of fluff, flair, and folded towel animals, and only one vision for the perfect laundry will win. Time to put those soft skills (and soft towels) to work.
Here is the calendar for this update:
Stay tuned for more updates and surprises soon. Until then: set those alarms, grab your best blazer, and we’ll see you in class, in the breakroom, or at daycare drop-off.
Dag Dag!
Thanks to EA Creator Network and Firemonkeys for providing early access to this update.
