[4][5] On January 29, 2024, EA announced that The Sims Mobile would no longer receive new events or content updates, but instead receive re-runs of past updates and events, and the online servers will remain active.

[10][11] On March 6, 2018, The Sims Mobile was launched worldwide,[3] but Hong Kong, Mainland China and other parts of Asia were not open for download.

[14] The Sims Mobile received "Mixed or average reviews" from critics, holding an aggregated Metacritic score of 73/100.

[15] Common Sense Media gave the game 3/5 stars, describing it as an "Energy-based life sim" that is "progress purchase-dependent".

[17] Kotaku complimented the timer and energy meters and praised the relationship mechanic.