Are you tired of staring at the same old loading screen while you wait for your sim to commute to their active shift at the Science Lab, or while you’re just trying to load up an old save? Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods will change your life! Tons of custom content creators and modders have created a wide array of Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods, truly allowing you to customize your experience playing The Sims 4 to a T.

Whether the loading screens are a part of a themed set, are a simple recolor, or a complete overhaul with new animations (and no Plumbob!), we have gathered many beautiful options for your new loading screens, made by a wide variety of creators from all corners of the Sims community!

Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods

Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods are considered Overrides or Default Replacements. Overrides and Default Replacements are mods and custom content that replace an existing in-game item. Just about anything seen in the game can overridden and replaced! This includes Create-A-Sim backgrounds, the entire user interface (UI), cursors, food, props, and so much more! These mods and custom content options let you completely change your Sims 4 experience, creating your own aesthetic or replacing little details you aren’t a huge fan of.

Installation Instructions

While we do recommend you review our Mods & CC Installation and Maintenance Guide if you’re new to modding, but we will provide a quick rundown so you can get started!

To add the items to your game on Windows, follow this folder path:
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods
To add the items to your game on MacOS, follow this folder path:
Macintosh HD/Users/User/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods

Once you’ve downloaded the files, make sure you have an extraction program installed. These can include 7Zip, Winrar, etc. After that, highlight one or multiple zipped/compressed files and select “Extract Here”. Drag the extracted contents to your Mods folder. You can also sort them into their own folders within your Mods folder, but it is recommended to not nest them too many levels deep as it can cause longer loading times, and some CC items stop working when too deep within folders.

We recommend separating default replacement or override mods into their own folder. They are less likely to break during updates, unless the update changes that specific item or asset in the game, but it is helpful to separate them avoid conflicts! You cannot have multiple overrides for the same item or asset in the game, as this causes errors and conflicts.

Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods by Creator

Whether you want to spend your load time staring at the warm gaze of the Tomarang tiger plushie from the Sulea Tiger Sanctuary or play a game of strip poker with The Sims most notorious playboy, 20th Century Plumbob has created a massive collection of unique and high-quality loading screens for you to browse and swap in and out of your game!

Tomarang Tiger Plushie Loading Screen

Yamachan Loading Screen Series

Dancing Don Lothario Loading Screen Series (NSFW Warning!)

Normal

Shirtless

Simtimates

NSFW

Cowplant Loading Screen Series

Strangerville Loading Screen Series

Dancing Bonehilda Loading Screen Series

Lights Out Loading Screen Series (Lights Out x Pride, Lights Out x Werewolves, Lights Out)

Fitting right in with Apricot Rush’s bright and vibrant style, their loading screens come with a special crystal style plumbob to really change things up! The background can be a simple and beautiful color palette, a lovely soft cloudy sky, or a deep wood-grain to ring in the festive time of the year!

Crystal Loading Screens

Festive Loading Screen

Town Loading Screens

If you’re playing a save in a specific world, or just have a favorite one in mind, choosing one of Debbiepearl’s multitude of scenic images from worlds throughout the Sims 4 series can really set the mood for your gameplay. Not feeling a specific world, or do you happen to travel a lot in-game? They also have created a beautiful series of sky loading screens, some leaning on the cartoony and stylized side while others are fittingly realistic.

More Town Loading Screens

Sky Loading Screens

Ellesimsworld is best known for her very aesthetically pleasing overrides, as well as mods to immerse you deeper into your gameplay. Her Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods are simple yet aesthetically pleasing, either using classical art, mesmerizing patterned backgrounds, or cutesy seasonal doodles.

Bright Start Overhaul Loading Screens (Sparkle & Plumbob Versions)

Sparkle Plumbob Replacement

Standard Plumbob

Main Menu to Loading Screen Conversions

20k Patrons Loading Screens

Spooky & Spice Mini Mod Pack

SimMattically, aka Matt, is well-known for thinking outside of the box and revolutionizing the Sims 4 with his user interface override mods. A lot of these are Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods that play on the transportation theme as you load in between lots, or can get you into the Winterfest spirit with a warm and cozy glowing fire. His work is often animated, heavily customizable, and overall dynamic!

New Refreshed Loading Screen

Make sure to read SimMattically’s Post for the New Refreshed Loading Screen Mod, as it has additional instructions.

Train Window Animated Loading Screen

Cars Animated Loading Screen

*different options

Dynamic Clouds Loading Screen

Christmas Lights Animated Loading Screen

Falling Snow Animated Loading Screen

Simsiboy’s Sims 4 Loading Screen Mods are often heavily themed, either calling back to The Sims 3’s style of loading screen, adding a progress bar and beautiful in-game landscape shots with the Simorphic Loading Screens, or by even adding interactive and real-world features found in the Desktop Styled Loading Screen and the Seasonscape Loading Screen!

Simorphic Randomized Loading Screens

Travels Loading Screen

In The Woods Loading Screen

Eternal Loading Screen

Desktop Styled Loading Screen Override

Simplicity 2 Loading Screens

Seasonscape Loading Screens

Colorful Loading Screens

By The Fireplace Loading Screen

Desk Diaries & Desk Diaries Love Day Loading Screens

Vyxated’s best work lies in their UI overhaul mods, allowing you to fully customize your game’s interface and make it your favorite color with any of the pastel UI series, a dark mode like experience with the Chalk’d UI series, or incredibly nostalgic with the Sims 1 & 2 UI series. Use these Sims 4 Loading Screen mods standalone, get an entire set and change up your UI, or mix and match to your preferred tastes!

Chalk’d UI Loading Screens

Pastel Blue UI Loading Screens

Pastel Pink UI Loading Screens

Pastel Purple UI Loading Screens

Beige UI Loading Screens

Sims 1 UI Loading Screens

Sims 2 UI Loading Screens

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Do you have a favorite Sims 4 Loading Screen Mod, either featured here or not? Any other recommendations? Let us know! Be sure to follow The Sims Community for more mod spotlights and overviews, with recommendations from Simmers like you!