The Sims 4 Life and Death expansion: what we know so far

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The Sims 4 Life & Death

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The Sims 4 Life and Death has been announced as the game’s next expansion, and thanks to the reveal trailer, we know a lot of its features too. As expected, funeral events are coming, as is a Grim Reaper career, and a lot more activities for ghost sims.

Here’s everything we know about the Life and Death expansion so far, and some of the educated guesses that I’m staking my simoleons on.

Release date and trailers

When is the Life and Death expansion release date?

The Sims 4 Life and Death launches on October 31, 2024. It’s actually pretty unusual for EA to have already announced the expansion pack release date during the seasonal roadmap, so this time around we have plenty of time to get our affairs in order. Life and Death will cost $39.99 / £34.99 when it launches onSteam,Epic Games, and the EA App.

Check out the Life & Death reveal trailer

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Life & Death gameplay features

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The Sims 4 Life & Death - Ravenwood neighborhood

New world: Ravenwood

Life & Death is set in the new world Ravenwood “where the veil between life and death is especially thin,” EA says. Like lots of other expansion worlds, this one also has three distinct neighborhoods:

Maxis mentions some other features of the world as well:

Funeral events

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The Sims 4 Life & Death - a sim toasts the deceased at a funeral

One of the core pieces of the Life & Death expansion are the new funeral events. Here’s hoping they launch in a better state than the My Wedding Stories pack.

“Players can choose which Sims attend and who the Deceased is, select a Dress Code and Color for guests to arrive in, pick from a variety of fourteen different activities, and determine the location and time,” Maxis says.

In the trailer you can see sims comforting one another, making speeches, and literally pouring one out for the departed.

Bucket lists

Another big chunk of storytelling gameplay in Life & Death is the “Soul’s Journey” which Maxis says is “an all encompassing reward system uniting Aspirations and Wants.”

Those who don’t complete their bucket list can stick around as a ghost with unfinished business.

Ghost sim activities

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The Sims 4 Life & Death - a ghost sim stands behind his grave

I was betting on ghosts becoming their own full occult sim type or maybe a life stage that you can create from scratch in Create-A-Sim. The reveal post doesn’tquitesay that, but does say that as a sim acclimates to being a ghost you can “customize their looks in CAS.” So I’ve got a feeling I may yet be right.

Other gameplay features

As usual, Life & Death comes with some other gameplay features we can expect in an expansion. Here’s what’s been confirmed so far:

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Release date and trailers#

When is the Life and Death expansion release date?#

Check out the Life & Death reveal trailer#

Life & Death gameplay features#

New world: Ravenwood#

Funeral events#

Bucket lists#

Ghost sim activities#

Other gameplay features#

The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals#

Release date and trailers

When is the Life and Death expansion release date?

Check out the Life & Death reveal trailer

Life & Death gameplay features

New world: Ravenwood

Funeral events

Bucket lists

Ghost sim activities

Other gameplay features

The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals