Summary

Those of you who playThe Sims 4nearly every single day will know just how massive the game actually is. Despite it coming out in 2014, fans like you have been devoted to playing it as often as possible, never truly getting bored of the game after nearly a decade.

Since there is so much for you to do in the game, so many options for your Sims, and so much freedom of choice, it might sound odd to think of there being a wrong way to play. While there’s never technically a wrong way to play any of your favorite games, these are the closest possible ways to play The Sims 4 wrong.

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These choices cater to creative, challenge-seeking, and narrative-driven players by highlighting the game’s adaptability to various preferences.

10Play An Evil Sim

Embrace Your Inner Villain

While no one is ever going to judge the way you choose to play The Sims, most people are going to say that you shouldn’t attempt to be evil – well, forget that! It can be so much fun to set up a bunch ofabsolutely devilish Simsand let them do their thing.

The more evil Sims you have access to, the more chaos you’re able to cause. Once you get your Sims to a certain point, just watching the chaos unfold feels like an entirely new game in itself. It’s shocking how many evil things you can pull off, and it’s all a ton of fun to see.

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9Play Only The Base Game

No Expansions Allowed

Admittedly, The Sims 4’s base game without expansions can lack excitement, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. You truly can just make a Sim or two, and try to take them through their lives, achieve their dreams, and watch them grow.

There are so many great ways to have fun with the game without the need for expansion packs, and while it’s possible to miss a lot of it if you don’t branch out, the experience can still feel full. Even without expansions, The Sims 4 is like a treasure chest waiting to be unlocked – you’ll just need to dig a little deeper for the gems.

An image of a large greenhouse from Sims 4. These glass buildings can be used to fill extra space in a large backyard.

8Always Be Building

Construction Obsession

Sure, you could spend hours customizing and caring for your own unique Sim, but that would take away fromall those renovations you need to do. Believe it or not, with how varied the build mode in the game is, you can spend hours just crafting homes.

you may actually completely ignore the life-simulation aspect of the game, and just have fun making themed homes or even your dream home. It can take multiple hours to work on a single house, so you can get a shocking amount of fun in for a seriously long time just by putting on your hard hat to build and decorate.

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7Be A Sinister Creator

Unleash Your Evil Side

With limitless creativity and control, you have the power to embrace your inner mischievous game master in The Sims 4. You could make your Sims’ lives perfect, or you could make them an absolute living hell.

You might get weird looks from your friends whenever they come over and see what you’re doing, but you can have just as much fun being twisted and making your town an absolute and horrifying nightmare.

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6Create Your Own Grand Story

Give In To Your More Creative Side

Being a life-simulator game, it’s probably safe to say that The Sims 4 should be played properly with relatively normal events unfolding. Your Sim can be destined for greatness, but that usually has a level of realism to it.

That’s why it can be so much morefun to create your own wild personal narrative. Go soap opera with it, have Sims betray each other in their pursuit of happiness, and have a massive scandal befall the town. If you get really creative you can tell pretty much any story you can think of.

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5Make Your Sim Branch Out

Challenge Yourself

Thanks to the way the mechanics of the game work, The Sims 4 gives Sims a variety of traits that dictate their desires and goals. While there is malleability there, it can be easy to follow the predetermined path set out before you.

That is precisely why you should branch out and have your Sim experience absolutely everything that life has to offer. You may not be able to get out there and try everything under the sun, but your Sim sure can, and it is only bound to lead to even bigger adventures.

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4Play Challenge Runs

Go For The Bizarre

While it may not seem like the type of game for self-imposed challenges,The Sims 4 features tons of fun ways to play. You can start with absolutely nothing and see how much you can accumulate, telling a true success story with your Sim.

Then there are even more bizarre challenges like having to live in a dumpster, murdering every Sim you marry, and even running your own gameshow by tossing many Sims into a single house and evicting those who don’t quite make the cut.

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3Don’t Interfere In The Sims’ Lives

Sit Back And Watch

Believe it or not, The Sims can play itself, and it can be a lot of fun to watch play out. To be fair, you’re generally going to want to make sure you’ve done some setup beforehand to make sure that there are lots of relationships to be explored and things to do, but it’s worth it.

You’ll never know what will happen, and that’s exactly what makes this style of play so enticing. If you need to spice things up, you can always make the odd change here and there, but your Sims should be more than capable of getting up to shenanigans on their own.

The Sims 4 command box is on the top left corner of the screen. On the right side, a novice Sim plays the guitar.

2Use All The Cheat Codes

Cheat Your Way To Fun

There is always going to be a split among peoplewhen it comes to cheat codes. Considering cheats can disable your ability to earn achievements or trophies, it’s safe to say that the developers don’t want you cheating in your Sims game.

That is precisely why you should cheat. Be your own person and load your Sims up with tons of cash. With the right cheats enabled, you can make incredible home creations that you weren’t able to before. A look into the game’s cheats is worth it because they really do add a new layer to the entire experience.

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1Use The Game For Your Personal Life

A Blueprint For Reality

Believe it or not, The Sims 4 can be a really useful tool for you in your own life. You can use the build mode to plan out your own home or apartment, seeing what sorts of things work and don’t work in terms of decor.

You can also use the game, as many people do, as a form of therapy. There are tons of people who love throwing on the game in order to live out dreams before they reach them in their own life, or even to digitally punish the people in their lives who’ve been doing them wrong. It may seem a little strange, but it really is a great way to play.