The Sims 4 Expansion Packs: All 21 in Release Order, With Prices
- Update (October 2026): When we first published this page in February 2023, The Sims 4 had 12 expansion packs and Growing Together was about to become the 13th.
- The Sims 4 has 21 expansion packs, from Get to Work in 2015 to Royalty & Legacy in February 2026.
- The base game itself is free.
Update (October 2026): When we first published this page in February 2023, The Sims 4 had 12 expansion packs and Growing Together was about to become the 13th. There are now 21. We have rewritten the page as a full list in release order, with current prices.
The Sims 4 has 21 expansion packs, from Get to Work in 2015 to Royalty & Legacy in February 2026. Every one of them costs $39.99 on Steam in the US, as of October 24, 2026. Buying all 21 at full price comes to $839.79.
The base game itself is free. EA made it free to play on October 18, 2022, on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox, and kept charging for packs, according to EA’s help page.
Every Sims 4 expansion pack in release order
| No. | Expansion pack | Released |
|---|---|---|
| EP01 | Get to Work | March 31, 2015 |
| EP02 | Get Together | December 8, 2015 |
| EP03 | City Living | November 1, 2016 |
| EP04 | Cats & Dogs | November 10, 2017 |
| EP05 | Seasons | June 22, 2018 |
| EP06 | Get Famous | November 16, 2018 |
| EP07 | Island Living | June 21, 2019 |
| EP08 | Discover University | November 15, 2019 |
| EP09 | Eco Lifestyle | June 5, 2020 |
| EP10 | Snowy Escape | November 13, 2020 |
| EP11 | Cottage Living | July 22, 2021 |
| EP12 | High School Years | July 28, 2022 |
| EP13 | Growing Together | March 16, 2023 |
| EP14 | Horse Ranch | July 20, 2023 |
| EP15 | For Rent | December 7, 2023 |
| EP16 | Lovestruck | July 25, 2024 |
| EP17 | Life & Death | October 31, 2024 |
| EP18 | Businesses & Hobbies | March 6, 2025 |
| EP19 | Enchanted by Nature | July 10, 2025 |
| EP20 | Adventure Awaits | October 2, 2025 |
| EP21 | Royalty & Legacy | February 12, 2026 |
Dates from Snowy Escape onward match each pack’s Steam listing. The first nine packs show June 18, 2020 on Steam, because that is when The Sims 4 arrived there; the dates above for those nine are their original release dates on PC.
How often new expansions arrive
Counting the table by year shows how the pace has changed. Maxis released one or two expansions a year from 2015 to 2022, then picked up speed: three in 2023, two in 2024 and three in 2025. So far, 2026 has had one.
We could not find an EA announcement of a 22nd expansion pack as of October 24. The most recent new Sims 4 releases we found announced were smaller kits.
What does buying everything cost?
At $39.99 each, the 21 expansions cost $839.79 before tax. That figure covers expansion packs only. The Sims 4 also sells game packs, stuff packs and kits, which add a lot more if you want everything.
Back in February 2023, the 12 expansions then on sale came to $479.88 at the same $39.99 price. The price per pack is the same today; there are simply nine more of them.
Growing Together, the pack this page started with
This page first covered Growing Together, the family-focused expansion that launched on March 16, 2023. It arrived two days after EA’s free March 14 update, which added infants as a new life stage for every player, according to EA’s patch notes.
The expansion added the San Sequoia world, social compatibility between Sims and life milestones such as midlife crises. We cover it in more detail in our Growing Together guide.