The Sims 3 and add-ons · The Sims 4 expansions · PC keys
The Sims for free — let your PC foot the bill
Your PC can pay for The Sims 3, its add-ons and The Sims 4 expansion packs. It sits idle for hours every day, and in those hours the graphics card runs AI jobs while your balance climbs. EA has given The Sims 4 base game away since 2022, so the machine only pays for what actually costs money: the complete Sims 3 and the expansions for Sims 4.
- The Sims 3: about four days on an RTX 4090
- The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs expansion: roughly two weeks
- Out of your own pocket: nothing
Three steps. That is the whole thing.
No subscription, no small print. You rent out your graphics card for AI compute and get paid for it — during the hours you were not using the machine anyway.
Switch it on, forget it
Install the app, hit EARN, get on with your day. Setup takes about a minute.
The card works, the balance grows
Not gaming? Your GPU runs AI jobs. Launch The Sims? It steps aside instantly. You get paid by the hour.
Claim your key
Swap the balance for The Sims 3 or a Sims 4 expansion and redeem the key in the EA app.
How many days does your card need?
The Sims 3 costs 13.03 GUSD in the store. An RTX 5090 or RTX 4090 earns that in about four days, a 4080 in five and an older 3090 in roughly eleven. The next rungs on a 4090: Snowy Escape takes about six days, Cottage Living about twelve, Cats & Dogs roughly two weeks. Pick your exact model and see your own number.
What your PC needs to earn
13.03 GUSD
RTX 5090 4 daysRTX 4090 4 daysEstimated at 8 idle hours a day.
Run it on your cardBalances are held in GUSD — an internal unit equal to 1 USD. How fast it adds up depends on your card, the hours it runs and current network demand.
The Sims is on the shelf. No gift card in between.
You are not saving up for a gift card to spend somewhere else. The GamerHash store stocks The Sims 3 with sixteen of its add-ons — from Pets to Seasons — plus three big Sims 4 expansion packs: Cats & Dogs, Cottage Living and Snowy Escape. The balance goes straight into a key for the game or the expansion.
The key arrives after the swap and you redeem it in the EA app on PC — these are PC editions, not console ones. Sims 3 add-ons need the Sims 3 base game; Sims 4 expansions need the free Sims 4 base game on the same EA account.
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 — what is free, what is not
What EA gives away, what you pay for and what it costs in stores. No rumours — just the Steam store pages and official EA and Maxis announcements.
- The Sims 3 release
- June 2009, PC and Mac
- The Sims 3 add-ons
- 11 expansion packs and 9 stuff packs, incl. Pets, Seasons and Supernatural
- The Sims 3 on Steam
- $19.99 / €19.99 for the base game, expansions $19.99 each
- The Sims 4 base game
- Free since 18 October 2022 on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox
- Sims 4 expansions on Steam
- $39.99 / €39.99 each, e.g. Cats & Dogs, Cottage Living, Snowy Escape
- In the GamerHash store
- The Sims 3 with 16 add-ons, plus three Sims 4 expansions — EA app keys
- Developer
- Maxis (The Sims 3 by The Sims Studio), published by Electronic Arts
- Minimum spec
- The Sims 3: 1.5 GB RAM, 6.5 GB disk · The Sims 4: 64-bit Windows 10, 4 GB RAM, 26 GB
Source: Steam store pages for the games and expansions (prices as of 19 October 2026), The Sims 4 page on ea.com, and the EA and Maxis announcement of 9 January 2026.
Frequently asked questions
You build a balance with GamerHash AI, swap it in the GamerHash store for a The Sims 3 key and redeem it in the EA app. Your graphics card covers the cost by running AI jobs during the hours the machine was idle anyway.
Your card is idle anyway. Put it on The Sims.
Setup takes a minute. After that you leave the machine on and the balance climbs on its own — until the day you redeem The Sims 3 and start picking expansions.
The Sims, The Sims 3, The Sims 4, the Plumbob logo and all related trademarks and artwork are the property of Electronic Arts Inc.; the series is developed by Maxis. GamerHash is not affiliated with Electronic Arts or Maxis.