This guide helps players understand how to locate, back up, and recover their Sims 4 save files in case they get lost or corrupted.

The Sims 4 is an immersive life-sim game (Image via EA) Before diving into the solutions, it’s important to understand what causes save file corruption in The Sims 4.

Save file corruption in The Sims 4 continues to be an issue, with concerns following the August 2025 update adding to For ...

Since The Sims 4 For Rent released, players have reported issues with the expansion corrupting their saves. EA is finally working on a fix.

If you cannot download, install, or update The Sims 4 game on your PC, ensure your internet works fine. Besides that, you can also try resetting the installation folder for Sims 4.

After initially promising to look into it back in February, the Sims 4 team has another update on the ongoing For Rent save ...

The Sims 4 developers are still working on the For Rent save file corruption bug and are now asking players for help investigating.