What to expect in the coming weeks (and months) when it comes to The Sims 4 Updates.
EA and Maxis have just announced a Quality of Life Roadmap for The Sims 4 Updates. Including a confirmation of the next Sims 4 Update drop and plans for fixing the game with upcoming Sims 4 Patches.
The latest roadmap confirms that players should expect a pre-Expansion Pack Update drop for Adventure Awaits this week – on September 18th, 2025. As well as goes into detail on what type of fixes should we expect next for the game, and what the update rollout is going to look like.
The Sims 4 Updates Roadmap
The Sims 4 Quality of Life Roadmap
Sul Sul Simmers,
Our top priority is to provide a fun, positive experience for all players. We see your feedback on technical issues and game performance. And, we want to assure you that your concerns are heard. Today, we’re sharing the steps we’re taking to double our efforts, ensuring Simmers have the best experience possible with The Sims 4.
Over the next 8 weeks, our dedicated teams will dive in to resolve current issues and get ahead of unforeseen technical disruptions.
Here’s what the next couple of months will look like for The Sims 4:
September 2025: Sims 4 Base Game Update
On September 18, PC and Mac players can expect a Base Game Update. We are pulling forward the release from its originally scheduled launch to allow additional time for us to quickly identify and address any potential issues that may take place across players’ various setups and game configurations.
This also provides space for mod creators to update their content prior to the launch of the Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack. Before the game update, we will release the TDESC files in The Sims Discord for those who need time to support and maintain any mods or custom content.
Console players will see this update on September 23 after it goes through additional verification. Since PC and Mac will be on a newer game version until the PlayStation & Xbox update on September 23, console players will need to use the PlayStation and Xbox filters in the Gallery until you receive the update.
More information will be provided in the Laundry List on September 16, and in the Patch Notes released on September 18.
September 2025: Community Prioritized Fixes
We’re investigating and resolving issues based on votes in The Sims 4 Bug Report section of the EA Forums. Player upvotes are crucial in prioritizing fixes, and we’re doubling down efforts to focus on the most impactful issues players want resolved.
Each upvote you cast on a reported issue helps us determine which problems are causing the biggest disruptions across the community.
The earlier we receive votes, the better. We’ll provide an update on our progress if we’re unable to address all of the top-voted issues in our October Laundry List.
With our commitment to quality, and providing a smooth and enjoyable game experience, we’ll tackle as many issues as possible based on the top-voted issues. We’re starting with a known list of highly upvoted threads from EA Forums, in addition to the save file investigations we previously announced.
We’re looking at the top-voted issues in the “Under Investigation” and “Needs Info” statuses in The Sims 4 Bug Reports | EA Forums.
Scroll down to read more about “How It Works” to vote on the issues you are experiencing.
October 2025: Monitoring and Addressing Fixes
We’re currently completing compliance tests across platforms and multiple levels of quality verification for the Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack, including playtesting with The Sims team and a paid group of experienced Sims players from the community.
On October 2, the Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack ** will be released, and monitoring will continue through the EA Forums to ensure any unforeseen issues are fixed in a timely manner.
November 2025: Fixes and Freebies for Everyone
November 4. Mark your calendars. This will be a big day!
Not only will you see fixes based on your feedback, but the update will also include some new, free content for all players.
Ongoing Work
We assure you that we’re aware of the issues impacting your play experiences, and your voices matter to us. Whether it’s gameplay, Create a Sim issues, or just a visual bug, utilizing the EA Forums and casting your votes will directly shape our future updates and changes to The Sims 4.
Dag Dag,
The Sims Team
Community Prioritized Fixes – How It Works
Here’s where we’re starting with “Top Votes:” The Sims 4 Bug Reports | EA Forums
- Share Your Issue: If you have an issue with The Sims 4, take a few minutes to visit the EA Forums and see if a report thread already exists for the issue you are having.
- If you are unsure if a report has been made, please create a new report, and our team will merge it into an existing one, if appropriate.
- If you are still experiencing an issue that is marked as “Fixed,” please create a new report.
- If you are experiencing an issue that is marked as “Needs Information,” we’ve been unable to make progress or replicate this issue. Save files with the issue occurring are the most helpful for our teams, so please share your save file when upvoting one of these issues.
Instructions on How to Send User Files: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/information-how-to-send-user-files-to-the-sims-4-team/5048472
- Vote for Fixes: If you see a report that matches any issue you are experiencing with The Sims 4, simply click the “Vote ⬆” button to add your vote.
- If you created a new report, please upvote the report you created.
That’s it. You’re not limited on how many issues you can upvote. We will start with the reports that have the most upvotes by the end of September for a November update.
If during the course of our investigation we discover an issue is only happening with saves that use mods, we may not be able to resolve that issue. As a reminder, we do not and cannot pre-screen, support or endorse mods.
Closer to the base game update in November, we’ll publish a special edition of our Laundry List including the Top Voted Community Issues you can expect to see resolved.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming fixes and Sims 4 Update releases? Let us know in the comments down below and stay tuned for the latest Sims News and Updates this week!
Let’s see 10 first posts:
EA Sims 4 Forums: Under investigation with most votes
Adults/teens/children at work/school on reload trying to skip work/school 3 MONTHS!!
Eyes/Eyelids Issues (Patch 1.110.265/2.01) 7 MONTHS!
Sims wear default underwear when naked 11 MONTHS!
[GRO] Random Milestone Moodlets 3 MONTHS!
Mixologist behind bar, but not tending it, unavailable for orders 7 MONTHS!
[HSY] [S] High school tasks will not be displayed on holidays 5 MONTHS!
[GRO] Infant/Toddler wont achieve milestones 8 MONTHS!
[S] Holiday menu needs to be reopened for each Sim 4 MONTHS!
Accessories and makeup tabs only show assets from first category 7 MONTHS!
Server Error uploading to gallery/library 7 MONTHS!
“Our top priority is to provide a fun, positive experience for all players. We see your feedback on technical issues and game performance. And, we want to assure you that your concerns are heard.”
YEAH RIGHT 🙂
Dag Dag,
the gallery error is years old tbh, the others i havent checked but i’d guess they would be older than the forum posts linked too
I find it concerning that the For Rent corruption isn’t even on there and that pack has been out for almost 2 years.
I recently ran into a bug i haven’t experienced up until a few days ago
I have eco foot print turned off in settings , yet my sims are having negative effects from it .
So does this mean they cancelled the original roadmap that leaked? Cause the leak mentioned a new base game event starting this month but this isn’t mentioned. Or will it run alongside?
Quite confusing and honenstly, their communication is a bit late…
It hasn’t even been made official, which is very unusual. So I’m assuming it wasn’t correct or things got canceled. It’s not certain if the leaked kits will be released, at least they’re not talking about it. A kit only a week after the expansion release seemed too strange to me. They’re also not saying they’re taking a months-long hiatus until next year like what was leaked, to focus on bugs by pausing expansion releases; it’s only for eight weeks, until November.
Seems pretty correct to me 😛
I forgot about the base game event leak :/ I’m wondering now whether they’ll just put all the items from the event into the big BG update 11/4
Sounds good…
I also wish for an update to turn off your phone for good + to disable all notifications. i dont want to know which festival, graduation, or market is going to happen.
at this point i invest minutes into closing pop ups in this game every sims day. This would honestly improve the game..
also what? freebies´? did i got that right?
Hard same! The notifications drive me nuts. Not only that, sims calling my household all the time, even after I silence my phone. I’m tired, boss.
Anyways… I’ll believe it when I see it. Posts like these have come up before, but the same problems remain. I just wish they would actually fix the game I genuinely love. Even the new pack isn’t enough to bring me back. What would make a difference is refreshing the old packs, or better yet, stopping sales of old packs and adding that content into the base game. The game’s been out long enough that this would make sense. It would make the experience more coherent, run smoother (without all the duplicates), and create room to expand features. Plus, bugs would be easier to address if everything were in one place instead of scattered across separate packs.
Yeah, they made a statement about the For Rent corruption months ago but did nothing about it, that pack is almost 2 years old.
They shouldn’t have that pack for sale when it’s causing entire saves to become unplayable.
I’m hoping this new statement from EA themselves will make the EA apologists realise the game is broken, but somehow I doubt it. There’s no convincing them even if the company themselves admits it.
To be fair, i heard that the problem is apparently not specifically caused by For Rent and rather For Rent accelerates it, which in my opinion is even worst, cause it’s a game breaking bug in the foundations of the game present for too long without anything being done
More hair styles ethnic kid styles and more clothes
As a console player, I feel EA doesn’t care about that platform of play. Bug fixes out of control ie all my criminal bosses are black in color asked about bugs doesn’t know why.
Yea they don’t. I’m on ps5 and I experience crashes everytime I save to save the games, no matter which way I try to save it. I’ve written about it plenty of times yet still no fixes.