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.

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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
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
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
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
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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Development
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Maxis
Publishing
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Electronic Arts
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