As revealed last Friday, a new Sims 4 Update is getting released to fix the crashing and launch game issues. Caused by two previous updates that were released this same month.
This hotfix for a hotfix solution is expected to improve stability of The Sims 4 and actually let you open the game, in case you’ve been using a set of different CC / Mod combinations before updating. To give credit to the latest announcement from The Sims Team, this issue only affected about 2% of the player base, according to their report.
Find out what’s been resolved and fixed in patch notes below:
The Hotfix For A Hotfix Update
Installing the Latest Sims 4 Update
You can get the latest The Sims 4 Update on the following official launchers and platforms:
PC: EA App, Origin, Steam, Epic Games
Mac: Origin, Steam
Playstation: PS4 and PS5
Xbox: Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S
You can download the latest Sims 4 Update by checking for a Patch through the EA App, Steam or Epic Games launcher for Desktop. If you have Automatic Updates enabled the update will automatically download through your client program. In case your EA App is not working properly ensure you’ve cleared your app cache!
If you play The Sims 4 on Xbox Series X / S and Playstation 4 and 5 you can request a new update by checking for updates under The Sims 4 game in the Main Menu. If you’ve enabled automatic updates the Patch should download right away.
There’s also a handy official guide to Mods and CC maintenance, as well as backing up your Saves! Click here to learn all about healthy upkeep of your The Sims 4 files.
Official Sims 4 Patch Notes
Update 3/23/2026
PC: 1.122.218.1030 / Mac: 1.122.218.1230
Sul Sul, Simmers!
We have a fix for the CC and Mod users out there that were still encountering problems launching the game. All of your CC should now load and work as expected. Thank you for your quick reporting and assistance in resolving this one!
-The Sims 4 Team
Fixed an issue where the game could crash on launch for 2% of players using specific types of custom content, under certain circumstances.
Resolved an issue that caused a main menu message to appear more frequently than intended.
The update is around 112MB on Mac.
What’s your status and success with updating and launching the game after the latest Sims 4 Update? Let us know your progress in the comments down below and stay tuned to Sims Community for all the latest Sims News!