Bundles, starter packs, and deluxe editions are generally all forms of compilations. They are not to be confused with The Sims 3's free store objects.Ī Compilation pack is a collection of one or more individual expansion and/or stuff packs. The Holiday Celebration Pack was updated with new objects at the same time Patch 27 was released for The Sims 4.

Only one free pack has been released so far: The Sims 4: Holiday Celebration Pack. These are usually smaller than a stuff pack. They are sold separately and as a part of Bundles and Starter Packs.Ī free pack is a pack that is offered to players free of charge. They are a part of The Sims 3 Store and can be also purchased with Simpoints. Each world pack also offers a couple of brand new gameplay objects that are geared towards the pack's major theme. World packs add a new world for The Sims 3 with the addition of new objects, clothes and styles. Kits are intended to be smaller than stuff packs, and are only available as downloadable content.Ī world pack is both a digital and a physical add-on pack, introduced with The Sims 3 Riverview, which was the only free world pack.

It was introduced in The Sims 4: Bust the Dust Kit. Starting with The Sims 4, stuff packs are only available as downloadable content, whereas previous stuff packs were available on physical discs.Ī kit is a very small add-on pack which only adds a few new items, in addition to gameplay changes in some kits.

Stuff packs originated with The Sims 2, and were released for The Sims 3 as well. Game packs are intended to be smaller than full expansion packs but larger than stuff packs.Ī stuff pack is a smaller add-on pack which typically includes only new objects and clothes for Sims, though some stuff packs do include gameplay changes. Expansion packs tend to focus on major new features, and many objects, clothes, styles, neighborhoods or worlds, and life states are geared towards the pack's major theme.Ī game pack is a digital-only add-on pack, introduced with The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat. Expansion packs were introduced with The Sims: Livin' Large and have been a staple of the series, with several expansion packs released for The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. Types of content packs Expansion pack Īn expansion pack is the most significant content pack available.

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