The Sims 4 offers a lot of customization already, but players who are craving even more complexity for their Sims’ gameplay need not look any further than this list. Whether players want to expand education or add more traits for Sims, the modding community has not let them down with their endless choices.

This list showcases some of the best Sims 4 mods out there that change gameplay for the better. This list is ranked by scope, popularity, and how much a mod can transform the game for players who are looking to shake things up in the best way possible.

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10 Education Overhaul

Expand Education

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The Education Overhaul mod helps players deepen the scholastic experience for teens and children. There are new features such as grade tracking, extra credit, and tying into their future career prospects. Players looking to have legacies and long playthroughs will enjoy the realism that this mod offers, turning their educated children into the bright adults of the future.

The school system of the base game can sometimes be a little vague and simple for players looking to spend a lot of time with children, or follow a character through all walks of their life. This one mod aims to fix all of that at once.

9 SNB Financial Center

Add Banks, Credit and Loans

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The SNB Financial Center mod offers a more realistic money management system for playthroughs. With the additions of banks, credit, bills, and loans to Sims' lives, there are no more magic and simple wallets. Instead, players can enjoy a more true-to-life, realistic version of money.

Sims can open accounts at the bank, get loans when they need them, and manage their finances. That feels more realistic than the base game system, which players will appreciate if they are looking for more realistic gameplay.

8 Private Practice

Track Health & Visit Clinics

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The Private Practice mod overhauls the healthcare systems from the Sims 4 base game. It allows players to track their Sims' individual health, get them to visit clinics when necessary, and doctors have a better system to level up their practice and care. This realistic mod allows Sims to have their own cholesterol, blood pressure, and mental health checks. This kind of healthcare depth means that Sims have to make meaningful choices for their lives, and change their lifestyle choices when their health is affected.

7 Mega 16 Personality Traits

More Trait Combinations

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Players who are interested in more psychologically individual Sims may be interested in the Mega 16 Personality Traits mod. The new additional traits are inspired by the Myers-Briggs personality types and will change the way sims do everything in their day-to-day life. Players will appreciate that traits get special buffs, affect positive and negative moodlets as well as how they interact with other Sims. Players can take the test externally so they can accurately portray themselves in the game if they choose.

6 Better Build/Buy

Improves Building With New Features

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The Better Build/Buy mod is the ultimate addition for players looking to expand their build and buy abilities. The mod unlocks hidden items that cannot usually be seen in traditional catalog views, as well as making the catalog easier to navigate. This mod is a must-have for players who enjoy building and decorating during their time in The Sims 4. The ability to see all items much more easily than before will make it quicker to find particular items, as well as add hidden items to their build for some uniqueness.

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5 Meaningful Stories

Slow-Burn Emotions

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The Meaningful Stories mod helps to rewrite emotional progression for playthroughs. The reactions that Sims have feel more real, and last the appropriate amount of time. The Sims 4 base game leaves Sims having a lot of emotions all at once, whereas with the mod, moods seem to develop more naturally on top of additional things in expansions.

When Sims are happy, it feels earned by the players and their hard work to make them feel that way. When Sims are sad, the feelings linger more naturally as they would in real life, making the emotions of each Sim more believable.

4 UI Cheats Extension

Makes TestingCheats Truly Functional

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The UI Cheats Extension mod gives players the ability to skip the cheats console and just click to modify any changes they would like to make. This is a game-changer for players who use a lot of cheats very quickly, or start their playthroughs by not allowing certain things to happen straight away.

Players can simply right-click Needs to refill them, or click on the money to adjust how much is in there. The ability to change aspirations is a click away too. There's no more need for long copy and paste passages to remember to change something. This mod is a must-have for those players who want full control with ease.

3 Wonderful Whims

Adds Romance Preferences And More

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The Wonderful Whims mod gives players more complexity in social dynamics, especially in areas such as relationships, personality, and attraction. Players can now control their Sims’ romantic preferences more deeply, as well as controlling monthly menstruation cycles and other more personal progressions.

With the introduction of attraction systems, personal preferences, and nuanced progression when it comes to romance, players can feel in complete control of their Sims’ love lives, no matter how they choose to engage in them. The base game might be lacking in some romance areas, but this mod is the perfect companion for players looking for a level up.

2 Slice of Life

Adds Mood Swings And More

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The Slice of Life mod gives players the ability to add more emotional realism to their Sims’ lives. This can be in the form of memory problems, illness, mood swings, and so much more.

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Sims will instantly become more lifelike with this mod, having to face new challenges such as having pimples, needing to have a crying fit, or carrying a new depth of emotional weight they may not have had before. Players will appreciate that every Sim will feel unique and individual with this mod on board.

1 MC Command Center

Control Every Aspect

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The MC Command Center mod is the ultimate tool for players looking to control every single aspect of their Sims’ lives. By far one of the most powerful mod suites out there, players can adjust to aging, pregnancies, household settings, popularity, and more with a few clicks of a button. If players are looking to add mods to their playthroughs for the first item, or maybe haven’t dabbled in utility mods until now, this is one of few that almost feel like a requirement to have.

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The Sims 4

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Simulation
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Systems
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Top Critic Avg: 70 /100 Critics Rec: 26%
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Released
September 2, 2014
ESRB
T for Teen: Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
Maxis
Publisher(s)
Electronic Arts
Engine
Proprietary Engine
Cross-Platform Play
Xbox, PlayStation, and computer versions of Sims 4 are all separate games incompatible with each other
Cross Save
no
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SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
PHYSICAL
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Genre(s)
Simulation
Platform(s)
PS4, Xbox One, PC