The Sims 4 Available for Free for Limited Time (Mac & PC)
Want a goofy game where you get to play around with virtual people in a virtual world? The Sims 4 is an interesting game where you create and control people in a virtual world. You can give your simulated people careers, relationships, control their houses and neighborhoods, and provide all sorts of other customizations to your virtual humans and their environment, which they will live in and interact with.
Sound fun? Great, because for a limited time (until May 28, 2019) it’s available as a free download for Mac and Windows PC!
Click the “Get it Free” button and you’ll need to create a new EA account or sign-in with an existing one.
You can read more about the limited time offer on EA.com here if interested.
Enjoy the game! A few screenshots and a trailer of the game are shown below, and system requirements are further down the page:
Sims 4 System Requirements for Mac
Wondering if you can run The Sims 4 on your Mac? The system requirements are fairly generous. According to EA, The Sims 4 has the following system requirements for Mac:
MINIMUM SPECS:
The Sims 4 will *NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED* on Non-Metal Mac OS machines or PC 32-bit Operating Systems. See FAQ here.
OS: Mac OS® X 10.7.5 (Lion) or newer
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz Processor or better
RAM: At least 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: At least 14 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or better. Video RAM of 256MB or better
INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
ONLINE REQUIREMENTS: Internet connection required for product activation.
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS: Mac OS® X 10.9 or later
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 or better
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
MEMORY: 8GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 18 GB of Hard Drive space
The system requirements for Windows PC are a bit lighter, and are available to check out on the EA website as well.
Don’t be fooled, it’s not free. You need a subscription.
Requires an Origin sign-up and a $6.99/month subscription to play.
This is not a stand-alone app. You need to download Origin to use it.
omg i love the sims