Growing Together is the next Sims 4 expansion, EA and Maxis announced in a new trailer, and it’s coming up fast. Growing Together will launch March 16, 2023, for PC and console, bringing new relationships, traits, actions, and more to the simulation game.
Growing Together is essentially an expansion for the existing Parenthood expansion. San Sequoia Bay, the new world it introduces, is built around family life, with parks, libraries, and restaurants just a few steps away from its three neighborhoods. The expansion also adds detailed customization options for infant Sims, new milestones throughout childhood, and sets of traits and actions your young Sims will acquire as they grow up.
That’s in addition to infant-specific aspirations and quirks that help shape your tiny Sim throughout the rest of their lives.
Sims at all life stages will have new interactions, milestones such as mid-life crises, and ways to deepen relationships with each other, including the new chemistry system. Sims can instantly feel a connection with new acquaintances or despise them on sight depending on their social preferences.
While that influences what kind of friends they make, EA said it’s also designed to make family relationships more lively and dynamic – though not always harmonious.
The Sims 4 Growing Together will cost $39.99 when it launches – hopefully without any game-breaking bugs – though EA is running a discount on its website. Anyone who purchases the pack before April 27 will also get a few pieces of new outdoor furniture for free.
Meanwhile, The Sims 5 is currently in development – except it may not be The Sims 5.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
