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How to play The Sims 4 for free (legally!)

How to play The Sims 4 for free (legally!)
Jacob Yothment

Jacob Yothment

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The Sims is a franchise that shows us our true colors.

The Sims 4

Some of us can play through the game as normally as possible. Some of us need to kill NPCs and steal their money. Some of us need to create art goblins that live in the basement and paint all day. Seriously, that happens:

Sims art goblin

Although The Sims games are fun, we can’t always justify the cost of the game for what we ultimately get. You can only create a character, a home, and a family from scratch so many times before it gets stale.

Luckily, there’s a way to play The Sims 4 for free through a completely legal method. Hurry up though, this offer ends on May 28, 2019. 

How to play The Sims 4 for free

1. Download Origin

2. Once downloaded, create an EA account if you don’t have one already.Create an account

3. Search for The Sims 4 in the search bar.

4. From there, you will see two options. The first is to download the game for free. The second is to buy the newest version with all the DLC for $40. Click on the free option.

Sims 4 Origin

5. Download the game. It’s a pretty big file and can take a while.

You’re all set! Now you can play the game for free.

Although the offer is only available for a few more days, you will still have the game forever after downloading it.  

What are you waiting for? Follow these steps and start playing!

Jacob Yothment

Jacob Yothment

Jacob Yothment is the assistant content editor for Softonic. He's worked in journalism since high school, and has been a fan of all things technology and video games his entire life. He is a 2016 graduate of Purdue University Northwest.

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