Level 5 Launches Exciting New RPG: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Level 5 Launches Exciting New RPG: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, Level5 Inc. unveiled the latest installment in the beloved "Fantasy Life" RPG series—"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time." This freshly released title invites players into a relaxed, whimsical fantasy world available across multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.

In this enchanting RPG, players can immerse themselves in a laid-back lifestyle filled with fishing, cooking, and engaging in occasional battles against foes. To complement the launch, a final trailer has been released, offering an in-depth look at the game's features and settings.

The narrative begins with you, alongside the archaeologist Edward, embarking on an adventurous journey after following the light from a fossilized dragon. This adventure leads you to a desolate, uncharted island, where an unexpected encounter with a Dark Dragon unfolds. During the chaos, the fossil transforms into a Bone Dragon, prompting an epic battle that transports you to a mysterious realm teeming with secrets to uncover.

Players will explore the vibrant, vast continent of "Ginormosia," the first open world in the Fantasy Life franchise. This new enabling mechanism allows players to traverse freely between their base island and the exploratory world via a "Teleportation Gate," ensuring creativity in island development and exploration.

Character customizability is a highlight, offering "Character Creation" options enabling players to design unique avatars. Furthermore, players can switch among 14 different vocations—termed "Lives"—within the game. Recently introduced roles such as "Artist" and "Farmer" enhance the gameplay experience.

Set on your desert island, players can construct and rearrange buildings, alter landscapes, and initialize personalizations apt to reflect their desired style. Additionally, growing a "Treasure Grove Sapling" on the island leads to the formation of a randomly structured dungeon filled with rare resources, formidable monsters, and altars that augment your equipment. This further supports cooperative gameplay, where friends and family can band together in trying times.

Upon its release, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has demonstrated impressive market performance, achieving a peak of over 34,000 concurrent players on Steam on its very first day. The reception is overwhelmingly positive, with 92% of the initial 2,500 reviews rating it favorably.

This sequel has its roots in the original Fantasy Life game, which launched in Japan on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. Following the initial success, a sequel faced developmental delays before being converted into "Fantasy Life Online," released in the West in 2021, which was unfortunately short-lived. The arrival of this sequel marks a significant return of the franchise to the RPG landscape.

A notable factor contributing to the game's success is the engaging mixture of life-simulation tasks and action-oriented gameplay that has resonated with new and returning players alike. The title also introduces an intriguing time travel mechanic that enhances gameplay dynamics, allowing for exploration across different settings.

As the gaming community embraces this new installment, Level 5 has committed to delivering free downloadable content (DLC) to enrich player experiences further. This content is aimed at expanding the world of Fantasy Life i while introducing new recipes and high-rarity items to discover.

As "Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time" rides this wave of success, it remains to be seen how it will secure its place in the increasingly crowded genre of RPGs and life simulators. Nonetheless, it promises to engage players for countless hours as they investigate the mysteries of the island and develop their magical spaces.