Problem

My Origin in Game/Origin overlay does not work in the game although I have it enabled

Cause

Origin in Game has been temporarily disabled for Sims 4 since it was causing a number of issues.

Solution

EA is working on fixes for the issues and it will hopefully be fixed in the next Origin update

Further Reading

• Deactivate Origin in Game
• Official Statement: The Sims 4 – “Origin In Game” temporarily disabled