Love is, for better or worse, one of the main things we care about as human beings. Naturally, then, love will play a huge part in the lives of your digital humans in The Sims 4. Having a family has always been one of the most fundamental aspects of playing The Sims, after all.
Fortunately, navigating the ins and outs of your romantic endeavors in The Sims 4 is going to be familiar to anybody who’s been in a relationship before. A romance in The Sims works more or less the same way it does with real people, with your sims navigating the same emotional complications that we have in the real world when we deal with each other. Let’s dive into the particulars so you can see exactly what that means.
First, though, a disclaimer. The expansion pack Lovestruck added a bunch of romance-related features to The Sims 4, some of which are included with the base game and some that you must own Lovestruck to access. This guide will focus on base game romances first, with the Lovestruck-exclusive features getting their own section.