The Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff Pack lets you build a haunted house and host a séance

The Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff Pack is the first new content of 2021, and even though it's Halloween-esque, don't be spooked by its contents - this is a pretty dang good pack. Check out the trailer above, and read on for more.

Again, the announcement of this pack seems strangely timed considering Halloween was just a few months ago, but the Paranormal Stuff Pack is jam-packed with enough goodies to make me throw out the Gregorian calendar. Not only are there a ton of new build and buy items, but there's a brand-new lot type that will let you build haunted houses that will experience paranormal activities. Your Sims can perform a seance to increase the spookiness, and it looks like certain objects you place in your house will come with a spirit tucked away in it. There's even a new paranormal investigator career, so move over, Phasmophobia.

Oh and iconic Sims character Bonehilda is back, who first appeared in The Sims: Making Magic and The Sims 3 Supernatural pack. Now you can have a little Bonehilda in your life without using any of The Sims 4 cheats. Blessings on blessings in 2021, Sims fam.

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The Paranormal Stuff Pack is even more interesting when you take into account the Happy Haunts Stuff Pack. Back in November 2019, the themes of an upcoming community-voted Stuff Pack were revealed during a livestream. The potential packs included Happy Haunts, which would have a ghost hunter freelance career, a seance table and spirit board, and a haunted house lot trait. Many Simmers believe this was the most desirable Stuff Pack - and yet we got Nifty Knitting.

This upcoming Paranormal Stuff Pack seems to be healing old crochet needle wounds, borrowing most of its ideas from Happy Haunts. There was a Grim Reaper freelance career option in the original pack though…

The Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff Pack is available for $9.99 on January 26.

What about the future of the Sims 4? We spoke to SimGuruGraham about it.

Alyssa Mercante used to be a features writer at GamesRadar+ and is now a freelance writer and editor. Prior to entering the industry, she got her Masters's degree in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University with a dissertation focusing on contemporary indie games. She spends most of her time playing competitive shooters and in-depth RPGs and was recently on a PAX Panel about the best bars in video games. In her spare time Alyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer.