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The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff

Light the candles and prepare the rituals to appease your ghastly new roommates with The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff. Spectral guests cause mischief and mayhem on Haunted House Lots, but Sims can perform a…

26 January 2021

The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff is an adventure developed by Maxis, released 26 January 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff is

The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff is an adventure game developed by Maxis and released in 2021. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on SmartSim.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your new-to-you home might be home to someone else, too, if it’s one of the new Haunted House Lots! Appease the mischievous specters to relax in serenity, or let them run amok for scares day and night. If you want to send your new roommates packing, Guidry the Ghost is happy to advise you. Remove accursed objects, perform a séance, commune with the dead, and receive gifts from specters! You can even summon Bonehilda the skeletal maid. Master the Medium skill and impress Guidry to get a Paranormal Investigator license! Once you’re ready, take on some freelance gigs to expel unwelcome visitors for other Sims. With spooky activity on the rise, it’s up to your Sim to put a stop to it.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, romance and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Sims series

The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff is the 170th of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 4: Country Kitchen Kit in 2021.

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What it launched against

The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff launched on 26 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.

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When did The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff come out?
The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff was released on 26 January 2021 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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