SPECULATION: Are We Getting New The Sims 4 Playground Objects?

The Sims Board Game, one of many exciting things the Sims team is releasing with the Sim Your Summer roadmap, has stirred up some speculation about the possible addition of some new Sims 4 playground objects. Investigative Simmers might have noticed a hint in the recent showcase for the game, so let’s dive into the rumors and more below.

Playground Gossip

The recent UK Games Expo (UKGE) showcased The Sims Board Game, giving us more than a peek into what we can expect from the gameplay. Pictures of the game show us Need Tracker, Aspiration, and Action Cards all laid out on a familiar, yet slightly different, map of the Willow Creek world included in The Sims 4 base game.

The map shows us buildings, both residential and public, and…wait, what is that? Over by what seems to be a high school, we can see bright yellow, red, and blue new playground objects! On the game board, the new and intriguing playground objects can be seen between the Foundry Cove and Courtyard Lane neighborhoods of Willow Creek. These are not the playground objects we are used to in The Sims 4.

Is What We See, What We Get?

On June 23, fellow Simmer and X/Twitter user @jackofallgames7 (thank you!), clued us into this possible hint, and we hope they’re on to something. Zooming in on pictures of the game board, we can see a group of four objects that are currently not found in the catalog for the The Sims 4 playground objects: A large jungle gym complete with two slides and a tube, a smaller jungle gym with one visible slide and what looks like a ladder, a two-swing swing set attached to a slide and walking platform, and a smaller slide with a ladder attached.

Speculation and Observation

Let’s look into these playground objects a little further. Starting with the largest jungle gym, as you scan the item towards the right, you’ll notice what looks to be a red wall, ladder, or slide that brings you up (or down) to a yellow and red platform. Thinking back to my playground days, I remember some jungle gyms were equipped with rock climbing walls or different types of climbing walls to crawl up. I’m wondering if something like this is what’s hiding on the end of that playground object.

Speculating on both the large and small jungle gyms, I would imagine that Kid Sims who interact with these playground objects will have options to increase skills like Motor and Creativity. Kid Sims can currently play different types of pretend, climb around, and more by themselves or with friends on larger Sims 4 playground objects, leading me to believe we would be able to expect more of these type of interactions with these objects.

The swing set and slide combination look fairly self-explanatory, except for the large platform connected to it. Will this be another spot for Kids to play pretend in The Sims 4, or could this add more interactions, such as Teen Sim hangouts?

Finally, the small, single slide playground object. Based on the slide’s height compared to the neighboring slides seen in the picture, I hypothesize that this slide could be specific for Toddler and, maybe, Kid Sims. How cute would it be to watch your tot slide on down a mini slide! Since this interaction is similarly available with the Toddler Safety Slide from The Sims 4 Toddler Stuff Pack, this guess might not be too far-fetched.

As mentioned earlier, these playground objects are shown with a primary color palette of red, yellow, and blue, so maybe these will be the default colors for each object when/if they are added to The Sims 4. Like other objects in the game, hopefully, these will also come with other color variants.

Will There Be New Sims 4 Playground Objects?

While this may be just speculation at the moment, updates and additions to this game have been keeping us on our toes lately, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we see these (and maybe even a few more) new Sims 4 playground objects soon.

Will they be included in an upcoming update? Will they be added as a special item available for those who purchased The Sims Board Game? We will have to wait and see. Let us know your thoughts and speculation about the possible new Sims 4 playground objects in the comments below!