Summary
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is the long-awaited sequel to Fantasy Life, a beloved life simulation/RPG blend developed by Level-5 that released on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.
The Girl Who Steals Time was delayed twice before finally releasing on May 21, and the sequel seems to have gone over well with PC players.
As it stands, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Timehas peaked at over 34,000 players on Steam. As pointed out byWario64on X, Fantasy Life i is currently outperforming Doom: The Dark Ages on the platform, which peaked at31,000 players. The obvious caveat is that Doom: The Dark Ages is available on Game Pass, a platform that’s currently flourishing because of a string of high-quality releases such as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remastered.
Long Have We Waited
In terms of reception, Fantasy Life i appears to be well-received by players, as it currently holds a “Very Positive” review score onSteam.
In a similar vein to the original game, The Girl Who Steals Time blends life simulation and RPG elements. The game features fourteen life classes, two more than Fantasy Life. The sequel has a time travel motif, where the player character must time travel to discover why a once-thriving island is ruined a thousand years in the future.
Level-5 chief executive officer Akihiro Hino acted as a producer on Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, after some “harsh feedback” forced an overhaul of the game. Hino recently said that video games are “80-90 per cent developed by AI"at an event, emphasising the importance of having a creative eye when utilising generative AI.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Level-5 has already announced a Nintendo Switch 2 port of the game, set to release some time after the console does.
