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The Sims 4: City Living

Do your Sims long to leave the suburbs behind? Fulfill their dreams in the diverse city of San Myshuno, where they can discover exciting neighborhoods, move into a new apartment, check out fun festivals and…

86 1 November 2016 17 cheats

The Sims 4: City Living is an adventure developed by Maxis, released 1 November 2016 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This page lists 17 cheat codes for it.

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What The Sims 4: City Living is

The Sims 4: City Living is an adventure game developed by Maxis and released in 2016. 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

Check out the Interactive City Map for reviews of the apartments and hot spots that your Sims can explore in City Living. Explore a bustling urban center with a variety of neighborhoods, each with their own unique personality. Embrace everything the city has to offer, from skyline views to streets humming with activity. Visit festivals where your Sims can watch street performers, enter competitions and meet other Sims from every walk of life. Let your Sims experience the challenges that come with living in their first apartment, then they can work their way up to the penthouse of their dreams.
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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: City Living is the 132nd of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff in 2016. Its critic score of 86 is 15 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is The Sims 4: Parenthood at 90.

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How it was received

The Sims 4: City Living holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent), 2 GB RAM and 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 9GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Sims 4: City Living launched on 1 November 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 17 cheat entries for The Sims 4: City Living — 12 cheat codes, 4 console commands and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Every code labelled

The Sims 4: City Living cheat codes

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These are The Sims 4 codes

The Sims 4: City Living is loaded by the base game, so its console and its codes are the base game’s. Nothing extra is installed.

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Add 1000 simoleons

The smaller version of motherlode.

Open the console and type the word.

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Add 50000 simoleons

Adds 50000 simoleons to the household.

Open the console with Ctrl+Shift+C and type the word.

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Add satisfaction points

Adds reward points to spend in the aspiration store.

Requires testingcheats true first.

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Quick answers

The Sims 4: City Living — frequently asked questions

When did The Sims 4: City Living come out?
The Sims 4: City Living was released on 1 November 2016 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Are there cheat codes for The Sims 4: City Living?
Yes. We list 17 cheat codes and console command for The Sims 4: City Living, grouped by platform, with the exact button combination or command for each.
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Sims 4: City Living?
At minimum, The Sims 4: City Living needs 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent), 2 GB RAM, 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better graphics, 9 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is The Sims 4: City Living?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "9 GB available space" and the recommended line says "18 MB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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