The Sims Mobile is shutting down next year

The Sims is successful a play of modulation — and arsenic portion of that, the ongoing mobile mentation volition beryllium shutting down successful a fewer months. EA announced that today’s update for The Sims Mobile volition beryllium its last, and that connected January 20th, 2026 the crippled “will nary longer beryllium accessible to play and volition beryllium sunset.”

The mobile iteration of the franchise archetypal launched successful 2018, and has seen much than 50 updates since then. EA says that starting contiguous players volition nary longer beryllium capable to walk existent wealth successful the game, and that it volition beryllium delisted connected some iOS and Android time earlier the servers unopen down wholly adjacent year, making it wholly unplayable.

The quality comes arsenic the Sims franchise is successful the process of moving connected to what’s next. While The Sims 4 is inactive chugging along, and shows nary signs of ending immoderate clip soon, the mysterious “Project Rene” is lurking successful the inheritance arsenic the adjacent large iteration for the series. EA hasn’t spoken astir the adjacent Sims task successful immoderate time, but it’s expected to beryllium some a azygous and multiplayer acquisition that’s disposable crossed PC and mobile. This, successful theory, makes a crippled similar Sims Mobile little necessary.

Of course, plans for Project Rene could displacement arsenic well. Not lone is it inactive aboriginal successful development, but EA is successful the midst of going private successful a $55 cardinal woody that could interaction that trajectory of its biggest franchises.