The Sims 4 Business & Hobbies feels like another oversized expansion that should've been a smaller pack or an update to Get to Work. It brings nothing innovative and primarily acts as an add-on for the sake of having an add-on. New skills, a Nordic-inspired city, mentorship, tattoo creation, and family recipes are nice touches, but the world is small...
The Sims 4: Businesses & Hobbies2025
The Sims 4: Businesses & Hobbies
2025 Electronic Arts70Good
Overview
Pursue new skills and live a life of accomplishment in The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Expansion Pack*. Make your home in Nordhaven — a world of opportunity where you can chase your dreams among a passionate community. Create wearable art with the new Tattooing skill, and even earn Simoleons for it. Or, craft functional pieces with the new Pottery skill and charge for lessons as you improve. Savvy Sims can turn their wildest dreams into profitable businesses, so use your imagination to create something special. Run your business out of your home, hire employees, decide how to charge, and make the rules!
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Good- Metacritic70from 7 reviews
The Sims 4 From Hobby to Business has some strengths, but also a few weaknesses. The new objects and skills as well as the extensive tattoo design are definitely a big plus of the set, just like the beautiful and atmospheric neighborhood and the almost limitless freedom when it comes to your own small business. On the other hand, you have to make sacrifices...
Though it feels lacking in some areas, and is very much a release that’s dependent on players making their own fun, The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies still offers a lot of potential.
Businesses & Hobbies' disjointed nature ultimately means it doesn't realise its full potential – though this can be somewhat mitigated if you have invested a fair bit into The Sims 4. Having a decent range of packs helps to take full advantage of the customisable side of business gameplay and make up for some of the expansion's flaws.