EA gave some good news taking advantage of the announcement of what The Sims 5 will be in the future: The Sims 4 base game is going free. You can download it without paying anything from the official website, and yes: there is a version of macOS for everyone who has a Mac in hand.
The company’s strategy is to make The Sims 4 a free game but continue to charge for each extension. So you still pay if you want all the content, but you have the option to play for free if you accept the limited content of the version without expansions. Let’s see how to download and install The Sims 4 for free on macOS.
The Sims 4 free on Mac: how to install it and minimum system requirements
You may have immediately thought of looking for the Steam link for the game, but that link is only good for installing it on Windows. The macOS version can be downloaded from Origin, so you need to install this app before you can download the game. You have the download link from the Sims official website.
Once Origin is installed, you will need to create a EA User Account, which you can do with a wizard when you start the app for the first time. All you have to do is enter an email, a password and your date of birth. If you already have an EA Account, just sign in.
At this point, you just need to use the search engine to locate The Sims 4 in the store and download the game for free:
Due to the age of the game, the requirements to be able to play The Sims 4 on our Mac are not high. This is the minimum you need:
- 2.4 GHz or faster Intel Core 2 Duo chip (Intel Core i5 recommended)
- 4 GB of RAM (8 recommended)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, AMD Radeon RX 560 or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, AMD Radeon RX 560 or better recommended).
- 16 GB of free storage space on your Mac
- Your Mac must be able to run Metal, so macOS El Capitan or later is required.
If you have a Mac with an Apple Silicon chip, don’t worry: Rosetta 2 emulation takes care of the smooth running of the game and the M1 and M2 chips provide plenty of performance to run it. If you’ve been looking to try The Sims 4 to take advantage of downtime at home, this is your chance.
