When it comes to increasing your household size beyond 8 in The Sims 4, you have limited options to do so. Adding more sims to a home or getting more slots isn’t as straightforward as some other tasks in the game. Making the maximum size bigger requires the use of mods, and doing so is only available on the PC version of The Sims 4, not PS4 or Xbox One.
Increasing Maximum Household Size in The Sims 4 Explained
So how do you increase your household size beyond 8 Sims? If you want to have more Sims in your household than the default number set by EA, you’ll need the help of mods.
For this part, you have a few choices for mods that will allow you to increase slots and make your household size bigger.
The most popular mod that includes the ability to increase your household size seems to be MC Command Center. However, because this mod includes so many other functions, it’s a large file that you’re adding to your game. so you’ll need to be aware of that before installing it.
If you only want to add more Sims to your household in The Sims 4, you might prefer a smaller mod. The Sims 4 Larger Household mod would be a good choice.
How Big Can My Household be in The Sims4?
Neither of these mods allows for an infinite number of Sims, but you can use them to go from a maximum of 8 Sims per household to 104 with MC Command Center and 24 with Larger Household mod.
How to Use MC Command Center and Sims 4 Larger Household Mods
- First, install the mods and extract their files to your Sims 4 MODS folder:
- Located at C:\[Username]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\MODS by default with your Windows username replacing [Username]).
- Next, launch The Sims 4, go to Settings in Game Options, and make sure Enable Script Mods is checked.
- For the Larger Household mod, you’ll use the command TM. fullhouse to add a Sim to a household with 8 or more Sims.
- To delete a Sim, use TM.deletesim.
- For MC Command Center, select a computer on your Lot and choose MC Command Center.
- Go to MCCC Settings.
- Gameplay Settings.
- Select Maximum Household Size and write in the new value that you want as your household max.
- You’ll have to restart your game for the change to take effect.
Screenshot by Gameskinny
The latest Growing Together DLC might make you want to have more Sims in your household than the default of 8, and these mods can help you make the maximum size of your home bigger. You can find more Sims 4 guides that might be useful, such as how to fix broken mods and every way to have a baby.
Featured image via Electronic Arts.
