Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
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Developer(s) Level-5 Osaka Office
Publisher(s) Level-5
Director(s) Yugo Nakajima
Producer(s)
Programmer(s) Toshi Sato
Artist(s) Hiroshi Matsuyama
Composer(s)
Engine Unreal Engine 5
Platform(s)
Release
  • Switch,PS4,PS5,Windows,Series X/S
  • May 21, 2025
  • Switch 2
  • June 5, 2025
Genre(s) Life simulation, role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time [a] is a 2025 role-playing, life simulation game developed and published by Level-5. The sequel to Fantasy Life , it was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S in May 2025, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version released in June 2025 as a launch title.

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Gameplay

Like its predecessor, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a role-playing life simulation game set on an island in Reveria, in which players can choose from any of the fourteen jobs known as "life classes". Gameplay centers upon the player taking on various tasks given to them and switching between the fourteen Life classes to access different tasks. Time travel is featured in the game as players will be able to build up a ruined island by traveling a thousand years into the island's future. [1]

Development

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time was announced for release in 2023 before being delayed twice, once to 2024 and again to April 2025. [2] [3] [1] The game released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on May 21, 2025. [4] The game was originally headed by producer Keiji Inafune, until he left the company in 2024, and Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino had to step in as producer. [5] A Nintendo Switch 2 version, featuring enhanced visuals and performance compared to the Switch version, released alongside the system on June 5, 2025. [6]

Reception


Fantasy Life i received "generally favorable" reviews according to the review aggregator Metacritic. [13]

Travis Northup of IGN described Fantasy Life i as "nailing the balance between slice-of-life cozy activities, village building, and its more action-packed tasks," drawing parallels to series such as Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, and The Sims. [14]

On May 24, 2025, Level-5 announced that Fantasy Life i had sold over 500,000 copies worldwide. [15] On June 2nd, 2025, Level-5 announced that the game had sold over 800,000 copies. [16] On June 12, 2025, Level-5 announced that the game had sold over 1,000,000 copies. [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ファンタジーライフｉ グルグルの竜と時をぬすむ少女, Hepburn: Fantajīraifu i Guruguru no Ryū to Toki o Nusumu Shōjo

References

  1. 1 2 Romano, Sal (September 24, 2024). "FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time launches in April 2025". Gematsu. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Ollie (February 8, 2023). "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Is Coming To Switch Later This Year". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ Romano, Sal (November 8, 2023). "FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time delayed to 2024". Gematsu. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ Romano, Sal (February 14, 2025). "FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time launches May 21 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, and PC". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 14, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ Franzese, Tomas (March 3, 2025). ""Harsh" Feedback Leads To Fantasy Life i Overhaul After Mega Man Creator's Departure". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 11, 2025. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Romano, Sal (May 27, 2025). "FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time for Switch 2 launches June 5". Gematsu. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time critic reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved July 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time critic reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved July 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time critic reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved July 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time critic reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved July 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ Romano, Sal (May 14, 2025). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1898". Gematsu. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  12. ↑ Northup, Travis (May 29, 2025). "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Review". IGN. Archived from the original on May 30, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time critic reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  14. ↑ Northup, Travis (May 29, 2025). "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Review". IGN. Archived from the original on May 30, 2025. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  15. ↑ Doolan, Liam (May 24, 2025). "Fantasy Life's New Entry Has Already Hit Its First Major Sales Milestone". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on May 26, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  16. ↑ Romano, Sal (June 2, 2025). "FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time sales top 800,000". Gematsu. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  17. ↑ Romano, Sal (June 12, 2025). "FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time sales top one million". Gematsu. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
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