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The Sims 4 Life & Death

Peel back the veil and explore the transitional side of Sim life with The Sims 4 Life & Death Expansion Pack! Complete lifelong bucket lists, pursue new ghostly ambitions, master unique macabre skills, and experience heartfelt goodbyes or brand-new beginnings.

release: October 31, 2024platforms: Macplatforms: PCplatforms: PlayStationplatforms: Xbox
The Sims 4 Life & Death

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About this game

Peel back the veil to uncover the secret to richer Sim lives and beyond in The Sims 4 Life & Death Expansion Pack. Achieve your dreams in life by ticking items off your Bucket List, or pursue them as a Ghost with Unfinished Business. There is a ghastly new world to haunt, a career that’ll bring you closer to Grim, Wills to write, Crypts to explore, and even ghostly skills to master. There are no real endings — only transitions — as you move between life, afterlife, and even rebirth.

Gameplay highlights

Bucket Lists & Rebirth

Bucket Lists & Rebirth

Build your Bucket List by collecting goals throughout your Sim’s life, starting as a Young Adult. Items will appear on your list based on your Sim’s traits and family relations, and you can also choose your own. Removing items is possible, but completing them yields powerful rewards. If a Sim’s life ends with items still on their list, they can devote their afterlife to completing their Unfinished Business. The ultimate reward for experiencing everything on their list is the option to be Reborn, though you can still choose to Move On or remain on this plane as a Ghost.

Macabre Pursuits & Reaping

Macabre Pursuits & Reaping

Make death your life’s work with a career of reaping souls, helping Ghosts, dispersing hauntings, and more as a member of Grim’s team. Or, you could become a Mortician and deal with death more from the perspective of the living. Outside of work, you might spend your days exploring Crypts and building your Thanatology skill for the new Ghost Historian Aspiration. These things – among other dark diversions like bonding with your Pet Crow (careful, provoking it could be deadly) or collecting and reading the lost Tarot Cards of Lady Ravendancer Goth – will have a special appeal to Sims who are Macabre, one of 3 new traits.

Mourning & Mortals

Mourning & Mortals

Different Sims will grieve in different ways. There are 4 types that will tie in with both Sims’ personalities and their relationships with the deceased. Grieving Rituals are customizable and unscripted, allowing you to hold whatever type of event (or events) fits your story. In life, Sims can create Wills which can be used to pass down Heirlooms, assign guardians for surviving dependents, distribute their Simoleons, and more. Sims can honor the departed with a memorial display featuring their portrait, and by interring their urns in Crypts or with Custom Caskets and Gravesites.

Spectral Afterlife

Spectral Afterlife

Linger on as a Ghost and spend your afterlife helping or terrorizing the living. Ghosts will grow in their abilities as they do everything from assisting with household chores to levitating living Sims and hanging them upside down (fun AND profitable - they may drop Simoleons!). Their interactions with the living can earn them Fear or Goodwill essences, which can both be sold for Simoleons. There’s a lot to do after death; Ghosts can even pair up for a special, spectral Woohoo.

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Computer, console and device requirements

System Requirements

System Requirements

PC / Windows

Minimum

Operating system
64 Bit Required. Windows 10
Processor
3.3 GHz Intel Core i3-3220 (2 cores, 4 threads), AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz (4 cores) or better
Memory
At least 4 GB RAM
Graphics
128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
DirectX / API
DirectX 11 Compatible
Storage
At least 25 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
Notes
Internet connection required for product activation

Recommended

Operating system
64 Bit Windows 10
Processor
Intel core i5 (4 cores), AMD Ryzen 5 or better
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
1 GB of Video RAM, NVIDIA GTX 650, AMD Radeon HD 7750, or better
Storage
50 GB of free space, with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
Notes
Internet connection required for product activation

Mac

Minimum

Operating system
macOS 10.15 (Catalina), with Metal support.
Processor
Intel Core i3-3225 3.5 Ghz (2 cores, 4 threads) or better.
Memory
At least 4 GB RAM.
Graphics
Support for Metal. Intel HD 4000 (Integrated Graphics) or better.
Storage
At least 25 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games.
Notes
Internet connection required for product activation.

Recommended

Operating system
macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later.
Processor
Intel Core i5 (4 cores) or better.
Memory
8 GB.
Graphics
Intel HD and Iris Graphics from the HD 4000 series or newer.
Storage
At least 50 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games.
Notes
Internet connection required for product activation.

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Maxis

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