An official EA Survey about the next Sims 4 Expansion Pack themes surfaces the web!
A brand new The Sims 4 Expansion Packs Survey has surfaced the internet, revealing seven intriguing themes that EA and Maxis are considering for development. To our surprise, there are THREE Sims 4 Expansion Pack themes which revolve around Cars and Mobile Vehicles.

There are Expansion Pack themes like Ocean Exploration and Van Life which we originally reported about back in September 2024. In the mix are also new themes like Reality TV, Community Careers and more.
The images for the newest survey surfaced on X before they got quickly taken down. You won’t be able to parttake in the survey generally as this latest Sims 4 Expansion Packs Survey is close circle only! We’ll make sure to keep you posted if any public surveys surface in the meantime.
The Sims 4 Expansion Packs Survey (2025): Suggested Themes

The Sims 4 Ocean Exploration
“Live at the sea shore and breathe in the cool, misty air each morning in your fully-equipped houseboat. Take a long stroll on the beach, seeking small, metallic valuables with your new metal detector. Make crafts with driftwood, sea glass, and other trinkets. Embark on your vessel as a sea captain, hunting for crabs and lobsters, or chartering your boat for sightseeing, whale watching, fishing, and scuba diving trips.
Delve deep as a master diver in vibrant marine ecosystems, brimming with life, while making new discoveries, like hidden treasures and ancient secrets. Catch lovely fish and other creatures to populate a new aquarium venue. Bring your finds to the surface and exhibit your skills in art and artifact restoration. Display the rare items to your museum, sell them at auction to the highest bidder, or even negotiate trades with shady antiquities dealers.”

The Sims 4 Community Careers
“Welcome to a charming world built around community and neighborhood antics where Sims embrace exciting new active careers!
Tour the local fire station and learn preparedness skills, or become a Firefighter / EMT, tackling neighborhood emergencies like fighting fires, rescuing stranded pets from trees, or freeing a toddler whose head is stuck in a stair railing. Enjoy the comforts of the station with fellow firefighters until a call comes in, then gear up, ride out in a shiny firetruck, and be ready for anything because whether your Sim is braving the career or the one calling for help, there’s never a dull moment when the alarm bells ring!
When the kids come home with gum in their hair, get out the shears to practice home haircuts before opening a professional salon. Expand offerings with luxury shaves, advanced braids, and custom wigs as the shop goes from a gossip-fueled salon to the cornerstone of sage advice and transformational style.
Open a dentist office for teeth cleanings, x-rays, and extractions. Level up to specialize in creating perfect smiles from braces to new teeth to a shiny grill. From replacing lost dentures or fixing a cracked tooth from a schoolyard brawl, the dentist always saves the day! Patients leave with a smile and a lollipop to ensure return visits.
With each career, Sims can choose to give back to the neighborhood, build up community skills, and discover the day-to-day lives of the locals, whether on the job or unwinding at the neighborhood barbeque.”

The Sims 4 Car Life
“Enter the ultimate pack that weaves cars into the day-to-day stories of your Sims! Start by sparking kids’ love for cars with playful collectible toys and a mini mechanics toolbox. Express imaginations while racing RC cars and playing with epic toy car tracks. Join an afterschool gearhead club, or climb into the racing arcade simulator and go head-to-head against friends.
Send your teens to driving school so they can get their license and gain independence with their first car, with every choice reflecting your Sim’s personality and aspirations. Enjoy a movie at the drive-in theater with friends and family or share intimate moments at a scenic overlook under the stars with your sweetheart.
Send your Sims off to work as gig worker, car salesperson or professional race driver, or take on an active profession as a mechanic working at the local garage. As your Sims grow their income, elevate their status with celebrity limos & luxury cars.
Whether they’re pretending to drive the couch or fixing up a broken down jalopy, every Sim can find their dream ride. Get ready to fuel your Sims’ passions with their dreams to drive and explore the world of cars in The Sims like never before!”

The Sims 4 Work on Wheels
“Celebrate the spirit of community and innovation, and make every neighborhood come to life with mobile businesses, where your Sims can explore dynamic careers on wheels. Transform an old truck into a thriving mobile business—be it a food truck, mobile salon, or even a party bus!
Customize and upgrade your vehicle inside and out with your unique flair to stand. Host or participate in lively festivals, collaborating with local events to boost your brand. Navigate real-world challenges like vehicle maintenance, the needs of demanding clientele, and fierce competition. What will you do to gain the edge: Boost your skills, undercut prices, or sabotage your rivals?
Inspire the little ones, with a Kids Mobile Truck Playset, spark creativity and fun. Recruit your teen to work the register or spin a sign for some free marketing. Whether you’re crafting gourmet menus, styling hair on the fly, or bringing the fun to town with party bus, every day offers new adventures and storytelling opportunities.”

The Sims 4 Reality TV
“Enter the world of reality TV as a contestant! Sims must survive the social dynamics of being in competition with others strong personalities to win a large Simoleon prize and notoriety.
While on the show, Sims complete challenges, stoke drama, and can form alliances. Each challenge is a chance for Sims to discover something about themselves, whether a new perspective on life to an unexpected allergy. Keep Sims on their toes and put their skills to the test through baking challenges, physical trials, and social experiments. Each week your Sim earns points based on challenge outcomes and audience approval rating. Will your Sim come out with lifetime friendships, arch nemeses, or a new sense of self? Find out!”

The Sims 4 Suburban Living
“In the heart of suburban life, every day is an adventure in work, play, and a greener lawn than your neighbor! Unleash your potential at a trade school, learning to be a cosmetologist, auto mechanic, truck driver or become the ultimate house-spouse with top-notch homemaking expertise. Imagine owning a gas station and mechanics shop where you fix up cars, trucks, and motorcycles with your skills and unique flair. After a bustling day, grab a quick bite from the fast food drive-thru. When the weekend arrives, will you kick your feet up in your plush recliner or tackle that ever-growing to-do list? Teach your teen auto repair in the driveway or share laughs and drinks with neighbors. Maybe you’ll finally mow that wild lawn (or hire the kid next door), much to the delight of the nosy neighbor! Send your teens to work as a fry cook, babysitter, tutor, car washer, or a lifeguard at the community swimming pool.
But how well do you really know the neighbors? What’s hiding behind the seemingly idyllic façade of suburbia? Societal pressures may lead to dark secrets, hidden relationships, and even criminal activities. Will you shake the foundation or help maintain appearances in this dynamic suburban playground?”

The Sims 4 Van Life
“Embark on a thrilling journey of self discovery and freedom! Jump into your fully-customized dream travel van and explore breathtaking destinations. Experience whimsical adventures as you meet fascinating people, swap stories, jam on new musical instruments, and share crafts and delicious recipes. Whether you’re at truck stops or campgrounds in vibrant national parks, you’ll encounter intriguing folks everywhere—even on the roadside when you pick up a friendly-looking hitchhiker.
Embrace the minimalist lifestyle on the road: tackle challenges like refueling, fixing a flat tire, or testing your mechanic skills with a roadside repair. Imagine waking up to a new, stunning location every day, like quiet beaches, perfect for serene paddle boarding and surfing. Whether you’re traveling with your partner, family, friends, or going solo, hitting the road will weave rich, generational tales as you live freely and celebrate your wanderlust.”

February 20th Update – New Survey Features
We have a new look from the latest private Sims 4 Expansion Packs survey. With a question that asks which features are the most essential to make the new suggested Pack ideas worthwhile. Thanks to @lunar_britney for posting the image!

Of the following potential pack features, which feel the most essential to make this pack worthwhile?
- Lawn Mowing & Care
- Cosmetologist Career
- Auto Mechanic Career
- Truck Driver
- Gas Station Venue
- Mechanics Shop Venue
- Home Garage
- Fast Food Venue (with Drive Through)
- Auto Repair Skill
- Teen Careers
- Neighborhood Drama & Secrets
- Criminal Activities

Which Expansion Pack Survey Theme Is Your Favorite?
The latest rounds of The Sims 4 Expansion Packs Survey is private – meaning that you won’t be able to directly vote to The Sims Team about your preferred Themes. At least not in the current Expansion Pack Survey making the private circles.
We want to know which Sims 4 Expansion Pack brought your interest in the most! Which is why we created a short and fun unofficial community poll consisting of 7 pack themes listed above.
You can only vote for two Expansion Pack themes.
Please note that Expansion Pack Themes mentioned in this official Sims 4 Survey are purely contextual and do not represent any information or confirmation about the work-in-progress developments and features.

You can also leave your thoughts about the new Pack themes in the comments below.
We’ll make sure to keep you posted about any developments or news about upcoming Sims 4 Surveys. Stay tuned on Sims Community!
ARTICLE UPDATE: Added a new Survey Image that just surfaced online.
I wanna see ocean exploration
I can’t believe you guys would pay $40 for a feature that was obviously cut from Island Living (a pack so empty it had no business leaving anything on the drawing board to begin with)
exactly
Yea they cut cool stuff that should have been in island living. But imagine expanding to an already great pack. Yes I’ll pay 40 bux for whale watching, houseboats, scubadiving an much more. Separate packs means you get more in my opinion.
Exactly it’ll give mermaids more purpose and also they can flesh out exploring underwater since it was pretty basic in The Sims 3. Given how colorful Island Living was it’ll be neat to see what that could look like underwater with the first person view option that I keep forgetting exists.
İf they add resorts,houseboats and aquaparks in ocean themed pack it will be so cool
I chose ocean. Make ’em work for once.
Plus, as much as I want cars, we already got em. Now we could pay car insurance and gas as well? Yawn.
I seriously doubt the cars would be any different than using your phone and to get… yes, thats right. You get a loading screen.
how the hell do you guys choose Community Careers!!!!!!!!!!! sims 4, til know, is all about this. the nice and curious things are the different ones, comeon guyssss. even reality tv may be really enjoyable
I couldn’t think of a worse idea for an expansion pack than reality TV. Imagine the acting career, but it lasts several days and it’s about baking white cakes in front of the camera while the host does push-ups. Yeah no thanks.
I was so excited when I saw a Reality TV pack was presented, and then it completely went away when I saw what they intended it to be like. Missed opportunity to allow simmers to produce their own reality shows, or apply to different shows. If the reality TV pack actually happen, I can’t see it as an expansion when it only contains one show, and thus a very demanding one.
And yes, Community Careers seems so boring, it is indeed what the sims is already about. I’d go with Suburban Living over Community Careers, I’d also think some of those careers could and should have been added to the new Hobbies expansion pack.
ohh i would. community careers for example
reality TV is what you voted for huh… sad. no wonder we never get anything good
i didnt vote for reality tv … just made a point saying that any other option would be better than community career
I really enjoy active careers and have been hoping that we got new ones for a while.
Besides, it also has the option for a new home business that I’ve been wanting since Spa Day updated.
I’ve been enjoying building apartment buildings ever since For Rent came out but I struggle to find something to put as a business. Having salons and barber shops will be a nice addition.
Defenitely cars will be a thing in 2025.
IMO, Car Life + Surburbian Living could be my choices for 2025 remaining EPs. Suburbian Living could add lawn mowing, swimming pool cleaning, hire kids and teens for other chores related with Expansion packs like Seasons (like leaf rake and snow shoveling), Cats & Dogs (pet walking) and horse cleaning (Horse Ranch).
Ocean Exploration and Community Careers could be Game Packs with compatibility with Island Living and Get to Work, respectly. Enhance mermaids and scuba diving for the first could be dope!
Van Life and Work on Wheels could be either Game Packs or Stuff Packs, compatible with others EPs like Business & Hobbies and Car Life (if this become a thing).
Not intrested at all for Reality TV, but it could be compatible with Get Famous and Get Together. Maybe as a Game Pack instead an Expansion Pack… but for 2026
This is the best answer on here!
These are all bad I don’t want any more recycled stuff from previous games
Give us new stuff…
Reality TV is the only interesting one. The others we have seen before in some way. Several packs came to mind whilst reading a lot of these. Most of them seem to overlap with the focus on cars too. I personally think Reality TV would be a fun time, maybe it wouldn’t be an everyday pack you would use, but I think that’s not always a bad thing. People have been doing Big Brother and Survivor in The Sims for years now, could work really well with Get Famous too.
Tous les thèmes proposés sont intéressants mais y en a qui sont répétitifs. A voir en jzu
If you can’t read French, if you can use translator. WTF.
They should be ashamed of themselves and stop recycling things…
Would like to see lake houses on the lakes. New kitchens.
My favorite is Ocean Exploration by far!
All those features sound so damn interesting and the thought of having actual aquariums is amazing. I’m really interested to see how the actual exploration could work (even if it’s very likely to be a rabbit hole…) I’m hoping it’s like jungle adventure.
Besides from that, I’m interested in Car Life just for storyline purposes. Community Careers just isn’t my thing, Suburban Living sounds pretty boring and everything else I’m not really interested in.
i voted for the ocean pack idea and the reality TV show idea because we need more beach/ocean world options and i don’t think they have done a reality TV show before so i voted for these 2 pack ideas
None of these are related to Bands, which, again, makes this really disappointing to read since all the ideas here (except for cars) seem like recycled content from previous packs.
As opposed to bands recycled from the Sims 3?
That’s because bands are definitely already coming this year.
i was about to comment it, it’s later this year but it’s definitely coming this year
It’s so funny to me how they have been releasing half-assed expansions for years and now they intend to sell us the other half
Also where are the hotels in these polls? They seem like a much more obvious -an fun- choice for an expansion, yet they never include them.
I thought the same lmao. How are they gonna add ocean exploration when they’ve already released mermaids? (and in an empty expansion for that matter)
You’re getting downvoted but I agree, also I find it so funny that their proposal for community careers is just 3 careers like Get to Work but without the retail system. In a better world we would be getting them with the Businesses and Hobbies packs, at least then they would release something worth $40
sad thing is, everyone in this sorry website will still buy it. this community has zero standards and will preorder any crap that ea puts out and then complain that it’s corrupting their savefiles
omg not them leaking it on X, I thought you had to sign an NDA or whatever if you were doing closed surverys for ea lol
We really need that Ocean exploration expansion cause it sounds so damn fun and actually fresh in terms of content and features, the maps and gameplay have been getting a bit repetitive and dull lately imo, and these new features like houseboats, underwater lots, whale watching and even building your own aquariums? Like that’s sounds soooo good! And THE best thing that would come out with this pack is the refresh of the Mermaids and finally give them actual powers and perks with their skilltree like most of the other occults.
Car Life and Suburban Living has my vote
That’s the right choice as they both enhance general gameplay, as opposed to a feature you’ll most likely use once and never again.
Yes. More general gameplay that I can use for every family I play!
i can see you back here crying about your game breaking again
Would take all of them
Honestly I am THOROUGHLY uninterested in cars for the Sims 4 as a rule, but Car Life manages to sell it! I guess I’m not interested in cars in their real world capacity, but I can be convinced when we lean into the fantasy of the car instead of the realism aspect where all I can think of is how much cars make infrastructure worse IRL and how much better trains are.
cars suck. it’s going to be a car where you get in and take off and boom loading screen. lmao
or it turns into a rabbit-hole like in The Sims 2
Honestly I would’ve loved to see a Garage Band EP. Where we have a functional garage door that looks suburban and not commercial like the one we already have in game. And when you open it you have your band you can recruit like guitarist or drummer. And when it’s closed you can hear it on the outside of the house all muffled.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see the whole bands thing be a Game Pack that’s released within the next year or so. I know it’s at the top of a lot of Simmer’s lists.
the ocean exploration is the only one i like and it’s bc i live in Maine and would love a maine themed world… but that isn’t enough to not make me pissed at the fact ALL of these should either be upgrades to existing packs or they’re COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. yall are gonna regretting asking for cars so badly when ea gives them to us and they’re totally useless and don’t function like anyone wanted.
FIX THE DAMN GAME EA. we need the game fixed before any of this unnecessary nonsense.
this isn’t EA, nimrod
its a community, with no relations to EA
Can we have them all?
I know the Hobby one is coming out in a few weeks but I would LOVE the community career one! I think it would work great with the hobbies AND to have a dentist and hair stylist would be really fun. I liked the ocean and suburban ones as well but I loved the community career one. I know everyone has been wanting cars for a long time, but I am just not into that.
jesus, community career would be get to work part 3, since part 2 is this new one about hobbies.
Definitely my favorite too! I’m surprised how people don’t see the potential in it. I’m tired of gimmicky/shallow novelty gameplay. Really want something that can broadly impact the entire game and add meaningful depth & realism to existing features. Barbershop to actually do something better with the hair growth system, dentist to actually do more with the tooth loss system (while adding another aspect of real-world healthcare), firefighter to actually have firefighters that can do the job? Sign me up!
Whereas Suburban Living is just… it’s what Sims has always been. It’s literally the base game from Sims 1. Y i k e s.
It will be car life for me! everything else sounds great to, but cars and garages are something that has been long missing from my builds; plus having gig jobs like uber, mechanics, and other car related careers would be perfect for so many of my sims! i just hope they throw in motorcycles as well!
Where Faires… 🙁
Right the one thing EVERONE talks about
Spinning plumbob has a mod that acts like one of the best expansions made, and its all for free.
In fact, it works so well that I doubt EA would or could do better.
I nearly asked for it here myself, but am scared of it being worse than a free fan made product. Which isn’t unfounded.
I personally like “Community Careers”, “Car Life”, and “Van Life” in that order. I like Van Life more than Car Life, but I know many people are expecting cars and the mechanic career, so I’ll put it second. I also love the firefighting profession.
Is it just me, or do all of these ideas sound really bad? I won’t pay for any of these.
Yeah it’s just you.
Make motorbikes part of the car one I beg lol
Honestly I’m not really interested in any of these, they all sound like things we should already have in OTHER packs. Ocean Exploration should be Island Living, Community Careers should be in Get To Work, Reality TV should be in Get Famous. Suburban Living is literally the entire game. And the car ones, to be honest I don’t want cars. I don’t like having everything be car-dependent in real life. I think it’s kind of nice that Sims world is pedestrian only. Maybe an unpopular opinion. Why not a game pack with Fairies?
waiting to add Sim cast away gameplay and sim medieval gameplay to be added..
I want them all added not gonna cap please and thank you. Although, I also want the cars and mechanic job first. In all fairness, I think the mobel/car stuff should be put together to make it more flushed out. I’m sick of paying for all these extra add ons to have a full pack or even make the game fun.
Para cuando los hoteles como negocio? Como sucedía en isla Paradiso.
I’m so dead on cars. At this point people need to move on and get over it. Without an open world like the Sims 3 where you literally get to see the Sims drive the car around the world, you’re back to the Sims 2 with a short animation of them getting in the car driving away, followed by a loading screen and a short animation of them arriving to their destination and getting out… I pass.
It is hard to choose they are great expansion packs. I think some could be game packs. I really like the Van Life. I can see my Sim cruising around her van taking in sights or camping all that tourist or vacation person would do.
I love the first 4 pack ideas- Car Life, Suburban Living, Community Careers and Ocean Exploration!! All of the ideas in these sound right up my alley. There are so many complainers for the Sims 4 saying they recycle ideas but how about expanding on ideas to keep creating meaningful content for the game?! Personally, I don’t mind and as long as they are still coming up with new ideas and new content, why not?! I love this game and I want to continually expand my sims worlds and story lines. Adding seemingly “generic” things like hair stylists and firefighters and working on cars and more crime will do that. Think of how good Life and Death is. It was a seemingly boring pack idea, however it adds an incredible amount of depth to my game.
Keep it coming! I will continue to love this game.
Something else than suburban USA! For Rent was great because you at least got a small feeling of being in the tiny country of South East Asia. Cars and drive throughs and mowing the lawn feels very much like they’ve been done, both in US entertainment, Sims (most worlds, university, high school, parenting etc.) and even more so IRL. Or would they come with fire tornados, diabetes and sims being run over by a driver in the need of a reset? There’s so much more exciting things in the world than HOAs. As of now. If you want to push it in a more realistic direction, why not an expanded political career – fascist dictator or spineless opposition? If your sim left school, why not go back with some guns to express just how much of an absolute blob gonad they are? And the NFPs can form a cult ushering in the armageddon. Maybe just bring back the zombies. The state of the world is so horribly depressing…
So, why not a (possibly haunted) cruise ship with bands, there would definitely need to be a cosmetologist onboard, it’s a great backdrop for a lot of intrigue, it can travel the world and is bad for both environment and human interaction. An option to be a more or less dutiful light keeper should also be included.
Ocean exploration things should be in Island living. Guys pls don’t let them make another pack for already existing pack.
the amount of times I’ve tried building an RV or something. The Van life would have been nice when they updated Johnny Zest.
I think if resorts and aquaparks added to the ocean life themed pack it will be so so cool
I really want to see the Ocean Exploration where you ACTUALLY get to see under the water. I am also really interested in the community, suburban life but 2nd to Ocean for me would be Van Life as I will be living in a fifth wheel l, so similar to what I am doing in real!!
In my opinion,
1st Pack……
Car Life
Work On Wheels
Van Life
Should be in one pack, with all the features included
2nd Pack…..
Ocean Exploration
Community Careers
Reality TV
Suburban Living
Should be in one pack, with all the features included
Here is why, there are mods that are better and improve you game experience. To name a few, car mod, mermaid mod, ect…(not going to list them all)
Why pay if you can get it for free, now if it a better people will buy, they will go to YouTube see if it is worth the money and decide if they are or not, they can even work with the mod developer of some of these mods are create a better improve version. That would be worth the money spend on it. Also, console players won’t feel left out they get to experience some of these mods.
And stop with the exclusive items first come first basis,
Create more kits with furniture’s, clothing, Clutter, ect….. it mostly for console players since they can’t have mods. If they can get it in a mod for free why buy it, that the mindset you need to have when creating ideas for any packs, kits, ect….
I personally don’t mind paying for something better than a mod
Update the customization of the sims maybe have a color wheel, add lashes styles, I don’t know (example if you want to create a skin tone pink family you can create it.)
Listen and create what people really want, because if they want it they will buy it.
Sorry if a babble or repeated myself, but I believe since they want to make money I think doing it this way having that mindset will bring a better game experience to the player, and we will pay for that.
I want them all
Community careers is a need!!! I want my salon we need more variety of hairstyles and hair colors pls
The car expansion sounds really cool and completely different to what has been in previous Sims games however I would rather a superhero/ supervillain expansion to pay tribute to Maxisman
I think the whole cars, vanlife and work on wheels thing should be one big expansion. I mean its ONE topic.
but as we know ea that would be to good to be true, and why blessing us with one expansion that actually feels complete if you could split it into more smaller releases and really milk the cash cow woohoo
yikes
i hate to admit but i agree
-Car Life
-Van Life
-Work On Wheels
these 3 should be in 1 pack because they’re all car related
we’ll get a pack for like each ages, it was gonna be a win-win
Why not do all of them? I voted for Car Life but it would be great to have them all to be honest