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|publisher = [[Electronic Arts]]
|series = [[The Sims (series)|The Sims]]
|platform = {{Vgplatform|win}}, {{Vgplatform|mac}}, {{Vgplatform|PS4}}, {{Vgplatform|PS5}}, {{Vgplatform|XB1}}, {{Vgplatform|XBXS}}
|release = February 26, 2019 <small>(PC and Mac)</small><br> May 14, 2019 <small>([[The Sims 4 (console)|console]])</small>
|genre = {{WP|Life simulation}}
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[[File:The Sims 4 StrangerVille Icon.png|left|70px]]'''''The Sims 4: StrangerVille''''' is the seventh game pack for ''[[The Sims 4]]''. It was announced on February 20, 2019 and was released on February 26, 2019 on PC and Mac. The console version was released on May 14, 2019.
The pack is largely focused on a linear storyline, where various sims in a rural desert town named [[StrangerVille]] are all infected and the player has to find the cause and a cure. Other new features include the [[military]] career, listening device, lava lamps and the [[possessed]] emotion.
==Official description==
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==New features==
===New gameplay
''StrangerVille'' adds the desert town of StrangerVille, where Sims have to solve mysteries and puzzles in order to cure all the local residents. They can also join the [[military]] semi-active career, where they can become either a grand marshall or take the path of a covert operator.<ref▼
name="Career">https://twitter.com/SimGuruHouts/status/1098651640872062976</ref> The pack includes a new [[Aspiration (The Sims 4)|aspiration]] and [[Trait (The Sims 4)|trait]].<ref name="Traits, aspirations.">https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1099128783469109248</ref>▼
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===Story premise===▼
When the player first loads the town of [[StrangerVille]], some town locals are clearly infected with a mysterious illness: a [[possessed]] emotion, a strange walkstyle and talking gibberish about a "[[Mother Plant]]". Strange blue alien plants also dot the town. It is up to the player to investigate by talking to locals and explore the [[secret lab]] in order to find a cure for this strange illness.▼
==New additions==
'''New Objects'''
* Curio stall
* [[Computer|Laptops]]<ref>https://simscommunity.info/2019/02/20/laptops-are-finally-coming-to-the-sims-4-with-the-next-game-pack/</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1098412309448253441</ref><ref>https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/comment/16968510/#Comment_16968510</ref>
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* Lava lamps
'''New [[Trait (The Sims 4)|Trait]]'''
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* [[Paranoid (The Sims 4)|Paranoid]]
:''Paranoid Sims feel that danger is around every corner, and that people are always talking about them. Paranoid Sims feel a sense of security while hanging out in basements.''
'''New [[Radio stations|Radio Station]]
* Strange Tunes
▲''StrangerVille'' adds the desert town of StrangerVille, where Sims have to solve mysteries and puzzles in order to cure all the local residents. They can also join the [[military]] semi-active career, where they can become either a grand marshall or take the path of a covert operator.<ref
▲name="Career">https://twitter.com/SimGuruHouts/status/1098651640872062976</ref> The pack includes a new [[Aspiration (The Sims 4)|aspiration]] and [[Trait (The Sims 4)|trait]].<ref name="Traits, aspirations.">https://twitter.com/SimGuruKate/status/1099128783469109248</ref>
'''New [[Aspiration (The Sims 4)|Aspiration]]'''
* '''StrangerVille Mystery''' (Location) - ''StrangerVille is holding some deep dark secret, and this Sim wants to uncover why all the townsfolk are acting a bit strange.''
** ''New Resident'' - Talk about StrangerVille with 5 Sims · Buy Curio from the Curio Shop · Examine Sealed Door at Secret Lab
** ''Personal Spy'' - Gather 15 pieces of Evidence · Compile a StrangerVille Secret Dossier · Open the Sealed Door in the Secret Lab
** ''Pathogenic Investigator'' - Collect 15 Spore Clusters · Assemble the Hazmat Suit · Traverse to the deepest part of the Secret Lab
** ''StrangerVille Hero'' - Vaccinate 3 Sims · Recruit 3 Sims to Help Stop the source of the Infection · Defeat the source of the Infection
*** Reward trait: '''Hero of StrangerVille''' - ''As the Hero of StrangerVille you will receive fan mail as well as being able to retell the tale of how you defeated the source of the Infection.''
'''New [[Career]]'''
▲===Story premise===
* [[Military]]
▲When the player first loads the town of [[StrangerVille]], some town locals are clearly infected with a mysterious illness: a [[possessed]] emotion, a strange walkstyle and talking gibberish about a "[[Mother Plant]]". Strange blue alien plants also dot the town. It is up to the player to investigate by talking to locals and explore the [[secret lab]] in order to find a cure for this strange illness.
'''New [[Emotion]]'''
* [[Possessed]]
'''New Type of [[Death]]'''
* Consumed By the Mother
'''Other New Features'''
* Military career interactions:
** Sparring
** Marching
** Saluting
==Trivia==
* ''StrangerVille'' is the first story-based content pack in the main ''The Sims'' series.
* It is also the first game pack to include a new career. All previous careers came in either the base game or in expansion packs.
* It is also the first and so far only content pack for ''The Sims 4'' to add a new [[emotion]].
* Its mystery storyline and the [[Mother Plant]] appears to be inspired by the US horror/thriller TV series ''Stranger Things''.
==Gallery==
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==Music==
===Strange Tunes===
*Bite The Buffalo - Dee Zeez
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