The Sims 4 High School Years expansion pack is coming in July

It’s time to head back to high school, with Sims 4 High Schools YearsThis expansion pack will go on sale July 28. It makes me sweat just thinking about going back to those years. Those years were stressful — not to mention acne ridden — and I personally wouldn’t do that again in real-life. It sounds delicious chaos to me to be able to send my Sims off to high school. Get in nerds; we’re going to prom!

TheSims 4 High School Years, your Sims will attend Copperdale High (definitely not Riverdale) and tell personal stories of “self-discovery and drama,” said The High School YearsGeorge Pigula, the lead producer of this release. A trailer for the announcement shows the teens’ highs and lows, including walking through the Copperdale High halls, dealing with terrible locker smells, and even cheer practice and football games.

“Sims will learn to juggle school and extracurricular events, form lifelong friends, and experience big moments like prom,” Pigula said. “They can even develop their own fashion likes & dislikes with the new Trendi app with clothes designed by Depop sellers. High school is an incredibly formative time, and we wanted to give players the chance to create and customize their own, personalized high school experiences before their Sims reach young adulthood.”

Teen Sims will juggle classes and clubs, of course, but they’ll also hang out at local boba spots, or go on dates at the Plumbite Pier — which looks like an adorable fair right out of a music video. Of course, there’s Copperdale High prom — which means you’ll get a second chance at nailing that promposal and picking a dress that doesn’t make you cringe years down the line.

The Sims’ team also worked with Depop to expand in-game fashion. Your Sims can spend those sweet Simoleons at the thrift store and boba spot ThrifTea — I would have Beloved this in high school — and then sell them on the in-game Trendi app. These clothes were designed by Depop stars like Bella McFadden and Lapoze McTribouy, Sooki Sooki Vintage, Selena Williams, and many others.

We won’t know until July how honest this experience feels to our own. But fans have already spotted a detail that make the experience all the more authentic — that Superman S we were all drawing:

Sims 4 High SchoolThe Years expansion pack for PC will be available on July 28 via Steam, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.