16 Growing Together Gameplay Ideas To Try | The Sims 4 Guide

A guide revealing 16 different gameplay ideas or things to do which are made possible or greatly enhanced from The Sims 4 Growing Together expansion pack. The aim of this guide is to highlight some of the key features of the pack and to help inspire your gameplay, and potentially consider some gameplay ideas you might not have thought about before. Please like and comment, and Subscribe here: bit.ly/2ZM0L4h
The gameplay ideas in this guide are wide ranging. Some, like creating a tabletop gaming club or having a slumber party event can be smaller side hobbies. Others, such as becoming a professional puzzle maker or playing a legacy family can form the base of your gameplay.
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[@yasminni485]

Petey: "Let's take a look at something a little bit more wholesome - running a baby store." Me: You can sell babies? Petey: open up a retail store and sell baby things Me: oh, that makes more sense

[@RosheenQuynh]

I mean, they ARE objects.......

[@yasminni485]

@@RosheenQuynh lol, so true

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

OMG Ahahhaha deceased that is so funny! I need to be a bit more careful with my wording 😅😅

[@UnassumingLlama]

I just found out that if you click on the “research genealogy” option on the computer (under web) then it’ll give your sim a phone call from their long lost cousin asking them to stay over. In my game they cousin is staying for 4 days while my sims prep to give birth

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

That's super cool! Thank you for sharing that Unassuming Llama :)

[@ffionlloyd5505]

I’ve got to say I do love binge watching these types of videos 😂

[@starsaligned8440]

Same😊

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Awe YAY, haha this makes me happy thank you Ffion :)

[@jaybee4288]

I think the best thing to do is a legacy family. Make all the grandparents, pair them, have them have kids then pair them and have grandkids. The longer you spend on each sim it can be really nice! Building a cool rec centre your sim spends lots of time at is fun too.

[@hezvandermeij]

I messed up making a backup of my game files when resetting my laptop, resulting in losing all my saves incl my legacy fam (was at gen7)😢 I've mourned for a minute and then decided it was an okay thing, as this brought the opportunity for ALL my legacy sims to have infants and milestones, instead of only the newest gen And for grandparent stayovers

[@kerriesherrard]

I love the IDEA of the puzzles but whenever I have my sims do them they always seem to get bored lol Edit; speaking of acquiring traits, don’t make the mistake of accepting squeamish IF you are taking care of infants; I did and my sim got an uncomfortable +10 (nausea) EVERY time she changed a diaper! Total pain lol

[@dbseamz]

Hang on, I think I might have the Squeamish trait IRL.

[@multiversalguy]

I really love your videos, sometimes binging on them for hours. I sometimes even watch them repeatedly. Your videos really inspire my gameplay and make me excited to play Sims 4 again. Thank you for your effort you put into making these videos! 😄

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Awe shucks thank you so much for this super kind comment Metaversal Gamer, this makes me so happy!

[@barbiquearea]

The sleeping bag should pair well with mermaid sims, especially during autumn when it rains quite frequently. Finally, my mermaids can sleep out in the open and enjoy the hydration from falling rain drops.

[@RosheenQuynh]

Cool!

[@Leto85]

Adding trays or replacing traits is such a powerful boostsims can have. And I'm a huge fan of the new community lot: you can simply plop in every skill item and your Sim get to train their skills without the need to buy thd respective item! Very practical fof poor starting out Sims.

[@MsZelazny]

I"m so glad you made this. I'm not super interested in the infants so I wasn't so keen on the pack but the 'stay over' interaction makes it worth it for me. I could finally run a B&B!

[@nadsmalan]

Really love your sim recommendations and detailed videos regarding the game ❤

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much for the kind comment Nadia :D

[@Mitsu2040]

I did notice that you can't assign a bed to a guest, so even though there was a fully available extra bed in the house, the guest decided to sleep in the couch repeatedly.

[@besassyxo]

this pack is so good. if someone could only have 1 pack, i'd 10/10 recommend this one

[@maxmayfire9958]

Thank you for this! Just started my legacy challenge bc of the new pack and needed ideas

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

I still need to throw a family reunion in the game. It looks like so much fun. I have been toying with the idea of running an infant/newborn store in the game but haven't tried it yet. I'm eventually going to have to restart the Super Sim challenge because of infants and all the milestones. I wonder if anyone will ever get them all? I know Dr. Gluon is trying it. Should be interesting to see where it goes.

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Oh my gosh a Super Sim challenge definitely got a bit harder now with Growing Together. Would be rather fun (but a little daunting) to try though! :)

[@rociorodriguez589]

I'm just waiting for Petey to make a rec center!!! 😊

[@jampharos]

the baby shower cannon is so funny. i feel like it might've been intended as a "gender reveal" thing that they decided to take out (since gender reveal parties suck lol) but keep the cannon since it was already made. having the confetti coloured depending on the child's gender (if the hosting parent is pregnant) seems like such a simple "missed opportunity" that it seems deliberate to me they even have a chance of killing your guests, like actual gender reveal parties have done!

[@Post_the_most]

Nah I don't think they thought about gender reveal parties as the cannons existed before without that context. But I bet 15 years ago a pack like this would have included gender reveal parties.

[@jampharos]

@@Post_the_most 15 years ago gender reveal parties barely existed. the first one was in 2008. and i'm not sure what you mean by "the cannons existed before" - they're new in the pack - are there similar ones in older games?

[@sim771]

I didnt watch any spoiler content from the EP so i dont know anything about the gameplay but now have the EP. My sim is about the be a toddler with a sibling on the way. This video is super helpful!

[@margaretestangco4911]

I literally watch your videos to get ideas to liven up my game 💡😊🙌

[@LisaMango0]

I need to make a boardgames cafe now.❤

[@greenchylde2858]

im excited for slumber parties! i need to stop building and play this pack. thanks for the tips!

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Haha but you are the queen of building! :)

[@JBCreatieve]

thanx for sharing this new idea"s ,lots i didn't know there exist .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kubra6036]

omg thank you!

[@angelaliao9167]

the baby store is such a good idea! I want to add a pool in san sequoia to simulate pregnancy water aerobics

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Oh pregnancy water aerobics sounds so awesome!! I wish we had that in game now!

[@jayladusterhoft737]

Love your videos 😍

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Thank you so much Jayla :D

[@feliciasantiago4345]

Is there a new death, people were saying something about the alligators but I haven’t seen anything about it yet, great video as always, very informative.

[@somethinginthenothing]

No, they only give your Sim a negative moodlet. There are no new deaths.

[@Simlish_bizness]

Yay 🎉

[@tugbatok9008]

oh you gave an idea creating a game club....like a poker party

[@shineeshaymin]

I've been going through a tough time for a while, you know? But your videos never fail to put a smile on my face (: Thank you, Petey! ❤

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

I hope you're ok Rayana, and I'm hoping that things will get better for you in the future. I'm so glad that my vids make you smile :D

[@shineeshaymin]

@@PeteyPlaysIt thank you, my love, really ❤

[@Shunuk.]

Hi Petey!

[@PeteyPlaysIt]

Hi Shunuk :D

[@amethystb12345]

If they were going to add tabletop games they missed an opportunity to add in tabletop RPG's such as DnD I mean really they already have a table...all that would be needed is a GM or DM starting the club to get the game together & if they wanted to make it slightly interactive then have the DM choose characters for their players -- that would have been awesome & truly if that is ever an update or even an expansion I'm so here for it.

[@SamJones-qx9hz]

I have my child and teen sims play cards and think of it as them playing Magic the Gathering 😄

[@IrisLovesBooks]

started a new legacy when the new pack came out the fresh twins see the founder only as ancestor in the family tree anymore the family cleaned sulani, did strangerville, went to sixam, evergreen harbors warf is rejuvinated too xD rn we have the gay vampires of san sequia with their newborn science baby twin boys

[@reneemathis3207]

Wish they had added strollers and cars so teens can learn to drive

[@crystalsullivan9896]

I would love to play my growing together pack but mine is broken and I can't care for my toddlers

[@03-K64-Firefly]

I wish child sims had their own wallets so they could earn their own income off puzzles and other things.

[@mellea1073]

Love your videos, but this pack looks boring. Not enough gameplay for me to buy. :)

[@BebbaDubbs]

"a baby story" 😅

[@hollyhartwick3832]

Sadly, puzzles are rubbish on console. Along with cross-stitch, puzzles are completely monochrome on console, and it seems to be a deliberate choice. A fair few players have expressed their disdain for this on the EA Answers forum. Might be able to make good money with it, but they look like complete garbage. What a waste.