It may have released over a decade ago, but The Sims Team isn’t slowing down production of The Sims 4 DLC in the slightest. With the leaked roadmap showing what’s coming for the rest of the year, we now know this will be the most expensive year for players in terms of DLC releases.
However, I wouldn’t be surprised if this record is beaten again next year. And the year after. And so on.
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The Sims 4 DLC Releases Per Year
Take a look below to see the release history and future schedule of The Sims 4 DLC and the cost per year for players.
2015
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Outdoor Retreat | January 13 | $20 |
| Get to Work | February 4 | $40 |
| Luxury Party Stuff | May 6 | $10 |
| Perfect Patio Stuff | June 16 | $10 |
| Spa Day | July 14 | $20 |
| Cool Kitchen Stuff | August 11 | $10 |
| Spooky Stuff | September 29 | $10 |
| Get Together | December 8 | $40 |
| Year Total: | $160 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2015:
- Expansion Packs – 2
- Game Packs – 2
- Stuff Packs – 4
- Kits – 0
2016
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Movie Hangout Stuff | January 12 | $10 |
| Romantic Garden Stuff | February 9 | $10 |
| Dine Out | June 7 | $20 |
| Kids Room Stuff | June 28 | $10 |
| Backyard Stuff | July 19 | $10 |
| City Living | November 1 | $40 |
| Vintage Glamour Stuff | December 6 | $10 |
| Year Total: | $110 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2016:
- Expansion Packs – 1
- Game Packs – 1
- Stuff Packs – 5
- Kits – 0
2017
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Vampires | January 24 | $20 |
| Bowling Night Stuff | March 29 | $10 |
| Parenthood | May 30 | $20 |
| Fitness Stuff | June 20 | $10 |
| Toddler Stuff | August 24 | $10 |
| Cats & Dogs | November 10 | $40 |
| Year Total: | $110 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2017:
- Expansion Packs – 1
- Game Packs – 2
- Stuff Packs – 3
- Kits – 0
2018
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Laundry Day Stuff | January 16 | $10 |
| Jungle Adventure | February 27 | $20 |
| My First Pet Stuff | March 13 | $10 |
| Seasons | June 22 | $40 |
| Get Famous | October 9 | $40 |
| Year Total: | $120 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2018:
- Expansion Packs – 2
- Game Packs – 1
- Stuff Packs – 2
- Kits – 0
2019
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| StrangerVille | February 26 | $20 |
| Island Living | June 21 | $40 |
| Moschino Stuff | August 13 | $10 |
| Realm of Magic | September 10 | $20 |
| Discovery University | November 15 | $40 |
| Year Total: | $130 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2019:
- Expansion Packs – 2
- Game Packs – 2
- Stuff Packs – 1
- Kits – 0
2020
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Tiny Living Stuff | January 21 | $10 |
| Eco Lifestyle | June 5 | $40 |
| Nifty Knitting | July 28 | $10 |
| Journey to Batuu | September 8 | $20 |
| Snowy Escape | November 13 | $40 |
| Year Total: | $120 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2020:
- Expansion Packs – 2
- Game Packs – 1
- Stuff Packs – 2
- Kits – 0
2021
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Paranormal Stuff | January 26 | $10 |
| Throwback Fit | March 2 | $5 |
| Bust the Dust | March 2 | $5 |
| Country Kitchen | March 2 | $5 |
| Courtyard Oasis | May 18 | $5 |
| Dream Home Decorator | June 1 | $20 |
| Cottage Living | June 22 | $40 |
| Industrial Loft | August 26 | $5 |
| Fashion Street | October 5 | $5 |
| Incheon Arrivals | October 5 | $5 |
| Blooming Rooms | November 9 | $5 |
| Modern Menswear | December 2 | $5 |
| Year Total: | $115 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2021:
- Expansion Packs – 1
- Game Packs – 1
- Stuff Packs – 1
- Kits – 9
2022
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Carnaval Streetwear | February 3 | $5 |
| My Wedding Stories | February 23 | $20 |
| Decor to the Max | March 21 | $5 |
| Little Campers | May 26 | $5 |
| Moonlight Chic | May 26 | $5 |
| Werewolves | June 16 | $20 |
| High School Years | July 28 | $40 |
| First Fits | September 1 | $5 |
| Desert Luxe | September 14 | $5 |
| Everyday Clutter | November 10 | $5 |
| Pastel Pop | November 10 | $5 |
| Year Total: | $120 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2022:
- Expansion Packs – 1
- Game Packs – 2
- Stuff Packs – 0
- Kits – 8
2023
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Bathroom Clutter | January 19 | $5 |
| Simtimates Collection | January 19 | $5 |
| Growing Together | March 16 | $40 |
| Basement Treasures | April 20 | $5 |
| Greenhouse Haven | April 20 | $5 |
| Book Nook | June 1 | $5 |
| Grunge Revival | June 1 | $5 |
| Horse Ranch | July 21 | $40 |
| Modern Luxe | September 7 | $5 |
| Poolside Splash | September 7 | $5 |
| Home Chef Hustle | September 28 | $10 |
| For Rent | December 7 | $40 |
| Year Total: | $170 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2023:
- Expansion Packs – 3
- Game Packs – 0
- Stuff Packs – 1
- Kits – 8
2024
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Castle Estate | January 18 | $5 |
| Goth Galore | January 18 | $5 |
| Crystal Creations | February 29 | $10 |
| Party Essentials | April 18 | $5 |
| Urban Homage | April 18 | $5 |
| Cozy Bistro | May 30 | $5 |
| Riviera Retreat | May 30 | $5 |
| Lovestruck | July 25 | $40 |
| Artist Studio | September 19 | $5 |
| Storybook Nursery | September 19 | $5 |
| Life & Death | October 31 | $40 |
| Cozy Kitsch | November 14 | $5 |
| Sweet Slumber Party | November 14 | $5 |
| Year Total: | $140 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2024:
- Expansion Packs – 2
- Game Packs – 0
- Stuff Packs – 1
- Kits – 10
2025
| Pack Title | Release Date | Price (USD) |
| Casanova Cave | January 16 | $5 |
| Comfy Gamer | January 16 | $5 |
| Secret Sanctuary | January 16 | $5 |
| Business Chic | January 30 | $5 |
| Refined Living Room | January 30 | $5 |
| Businesses & Hobbies | March 6 | $40 |
| Sweet Allure | April 10 | $5 |
| Sleek Bathroom | April 10 | $5 |
| Kitchen Clutter | May 1 | $5 |
| Restoration Workshop | May 1 | $5 |
| Golden Years | May 1 | $5 |
| Enchanted by Nature | July 10 | $40 |
| Grange Mudroom | August 21 | $5 |
| Essential Glam | August 21 | $5 |
| Adventure Awaits | October 2 | $40 |
| Autumn Apparel | October 9 | $5 |
| At Least 2 Creator Kits | November 6 | ~$10 |
| At Least 2 Kits | December 4 | ~$10 |
| Year Total: | ~$205 |
The Sims 4 DLC count for 2025:
- Expansion Packs – 3
- Game Packs – 0
- Stuff Packs – 0
- Kits – ~17
Overall Results
The Sims 4 DLC count overall:
- Expansion Packs – 20
- Game Packs – 12
- Stuff Packs – 20
- Kits – ~52
With the wording of the upcoming road map that has leaked, we know for sure that The Sims 4 DLC will include at least 5 more kits this year. Only one of them is named, Autumn Apparel, with the others just being labeled as upcoming “creator kits” and “kits” respectively. Since they’re each plural we know we’re getting at least two more of each, maybe more.
And, with the leak of The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack expected to come out in October, we’re back to expecting 3 Expansion Packs per year.
No matter how many kits release on November 6th and December 4th, it’s already the most expensive year for The Sims 4 DLC by far. And we’re not counting The Sims 1 + The Sims 2 Rereleases which came out this year. Nor the MySims Cozy Bundle which was released for PC.
Love it or hate it, The Sims 4 is here to stay for the foreseeable future with no signs of slowing down. Quite the opposite, actually.
What are your thoughts on 2025 delivering the most expensive year for Sims 4 DLC? Join the conversation below and stay tuned for more updates on Sims Community!
$1500 and still the price of the base game for those who bought it in 2014 is not even included, for a totally buggy game that still lacks a lot of content and gameplay, I only have one word to say, bravo EA, we will finish the franchise at $3000, 200 extensions, and I am sure that there will still be elements missing.
While I love having so much content available for a variety of play styles, I just really want the game to be fixed. Weddings from My Wedding Story still aren’t fully functional. Dine Out is a complete mess. Not to mention all the ailment bugs with the Enchanted by Nature pack or the fact that For Rent is still bugged. I would prefer quality over quantity at this point. It seems like since they canceled Project Renee, they’re using Sims 4 as a cash grab and trying to get as much as they can out of it.
Project Rene isn’t canceled. They just gave an update on its development a few weeks ago.
and spoiler alert = the game still feels incomplete because the core foundation of the base game sucks…
Well, if you bought everything made for sims 3 it would have cost almost $75,000, so…
I really doubt someone did buy everything. Besides, many of the items from the store are still extremely buggy as well. But that’s not a surprise anymore
Stop talking nonsense, I did a calculation, the base game + all the expansions + all the packs, all the worlds sims 3 gold edition, I got it for $850 with 50 times more content and gameplay, we are far from the $1500 for the sims 4, and you know what, it’s not over, wait a few more years, the bill will still climb.
They definitely overestimated how much the Sims 3 Store was, but your price doesn’t include all of the store content, which is several thousand dollars. Plus, even just going off of your $850 total for the packs and store worlds, that was spread across 6 years. Sims 4 has been spread across over 11 years by the time the $1500 total will be reached. So, that means Sims 3 and Sims 4 work out to be the same annual cost. If Sims 3 had continued production then we would have reached the costs of Sims 4 without the store as well, but the Sims 3 coding and foundation was incredibly bogged down and couldn’t be maintained and added to anymore so they had to move on. Sims 4 doesn’t have that issue because after almost 100 dlc it still runs just as fast for players as it did without dlc.
I don’t agree with you, what is this analysis, do you have the same amount of gameplay with the sims 4, no, the sims 3 offers thousands of possibilities, the sims 4 is an empty and soulless game, each expansion of the sims 3 was a renewal, each world in the store also offered gameplay, new stories, new families, elements, like a roller coaster with the walk, mechanics with the car to renovate, a casino, a market, dragons, the crossbow game, a hot air balloon,; there is not even 25% of the gameplay in the sims 4, for 1500$ it is intolerable, so the price quality ratio is 1000 times better on the sims 3, as for your rotten engine of the sims 4, it is so broken that it asks us to deactivate certain packs now, and there are hundreds of bugs year after year, and it is not these mini kits which are nothing at all which will save the game, let’s stop this massacre, you are paid by the site so no neutrality, I am even sure that you receive money from EA.
Not paid by EA or anyone for my opinions about the game. My opinions are my own. But my point isn’t about value for money or opinions on which game is better or fuller. My point is just cost, the whole point of this post and conversation. The cost for Sims 3 was actually higher than the cost for Sims 4 year over year. That’s an objective fact. You can have whatever opinions you want about which is better, but that’s completely aside from the point of this conversation. I’m using facts and you’re using opinions. And it’s funny how the second someone uses facts that go against your opinions you default to assuming the other party is being paid to go against you.
If you are only satisfied with the price, without judging the content, it means nothing to me, the store has always been optional, but if I follow your reasoning, I will never regret having put so much money into the sims 3 which I still play today, but believe me, I regret having put so much money into the sims 4 which I hardly play anymore, because this game is not worth this price in view of the content, unlike the sims 3 whether you like it or not, you never criticize the sims 4 when there is so much to say, this for me is not normal, we cannot accept such a price, $ 1500, it is a fact, and you can prove that the sims 3 were more expensive, I do not regret it, I have nothing to add.
A lot more stuff was produced for the sims 3, so obviously the price is higher I grant you that, but it’s also because the teams were much more inspired and creative, it’s perhaps another debate that you don’t want to address, but it has its importance, and it is also the origin of the gaps in the sims 4.
I criticize the game a lot, actually. Not sure where you got the idea that I never do. For instance, the naturopath career in the most recent expansion is the worst active career we’ve ever gotten and I don’t understand how they believed anyone would find it fun. Just because I’m not criticizing one specific thing that you are doesn’t mean I don’t criticize other aspects. Just because someone doesn’t have the exact opinions you have about something doesn’t mean they’re against you or a shill for the corporation. Hope that helps.
Not sure how you arrived at $75,000. The entire Sims 3 store is like $2k-something. Adding all of the EPs and SPs to that would bump it up to nearing 3k, for absolutely everything made for Sims 3? I think that’s about right.