Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
April 1, 2025
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"All in all, there’s a lot that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time does very well. It managed to create a perfect mixture between a JRPG and a slice-of-life simulator that can engage anyone, from the most seasoned …"
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"If you&s;ve tried the 3DS version, I&s;d say don&s;t wait any longer and pick it up on any of the platforms where it&s;s available, as you&s;re likely to get hooked on its fantastic simplicity. Meanwhile, if you didn&s;t get to …"
Read original review"Fantasy Life I: The Girl Who Steals Time should not work with so much content crammed inside of it, yet it remarkably does."
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is just a delight from start to finish! It boasts a charming world with cool characters, surprisingly enjoyable story, solid mechanics to keep building the world the way you want it and …"
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"The visuals, score and overall presentation have been elevated beyond recognition, and yet, the things that made the original great remain intact. The abundance of gameplay mechanics and variety via the different islands and time periods is a standout feature …"
Read original review"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is amazing and well worth the wait, and Level-5 bringing it to multiple platforms to experience it in all its whimsy and wonder was an incredibly smart and measured decision. I&s;d struggle …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a delightful slow-life RPG that is best when you embrace its structure and varied Lives system."
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"I absolutely recommend checking out Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. It’s a great RPG with a lot of elements that come together really well, allowing you to focus on various professions that are sure to cater towards …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a good revival of a series that delivers as much content as possible to its fans. However, this can be a detriment as parts feel unfocused or too disparate to work …"
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"Level-5’s low-stakes casual RPG blends action-adventure with the laid-back chill aspects of a Life-sim. Explore the island and unravel its mysteries, or relax and tend to the garden. Regardless of the path chosen, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals …"
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"FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a lot of fun! There’s plenty of things to do and they all play into one-another quite well. It’s not a slow-life game by any stretch of the mean, but it …"
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65.0
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"A mishmash of my favorite dopamine receptors are getting smashed to bits when I play this game, and I’m fine with that. If you’re looking for a cozy, compelling Skinner box of a game, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who …"
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"FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time marks Level-5&s;s triumphant return and shows the steemed developer still has a lot to show to the public."
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"Typically, a game that dips its toes into many genres and attempts to accomplish many things at the same time is unable to deliver on it or at best is mediocre. I went into this game, with such fond memories …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is not a game that revolutionizes anything. It&s;s an experience that knows exactly what it wants to offer, and does so generously. The title takes the gamble of mixing genres, game styles …"
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"Level-5 has done it again by delivering a high quality adventure RPG that is chock-full of a ton of silly fun and stays exciting throughout. 🐲"
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"My experience with FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time was beautiful. I really enjoyed what the title offered, and I was surprised by the amount of content I explored and, even more, by how much I still have …"
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"As one Steam review pithily, yet totally accurately put it: “It’s like if Runescape was fun.” Fantasy Live i has that big MMO feel to it, yet throughout the adventure never becomes exhausting. Whether the post-game stuff is for you …"
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"If you&s;re into games like the new Zelda games and/or Animal Crossing, I highly recommend you take a look at The Time Thief."
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"Level-5 has come back swinging with Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, improving on the original in every way and offering a smorgasbord of gameplay ideas without ever feeling like it’s trying too much at once. It balances …"
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"Despite its shortcomings in multiplayer, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a jam-packed experience that I still don&s;t want to put down. It so easily lulls you into a loop of adventure and exploration and gathering, and …"
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"An enchanting journey with a huge amount of things to see and do, FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a must-play that has something for everyone to enjoy."
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a free form RPG that delivers in spades with its plethora of quality content, addictive gameplay, and all the enhancements over the first game."
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"This has the addictive gameplay loop of completing quests and furthering your lives in tandem. This has the seemingly endless parade of adorable touches filled with cute writing. In a way, even the ambitious scope that threatens to sometimes take …"
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"Cute and cohesive, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is recommended for anyone who enjoys the time-honored cycle of gathering, crafting, decorating, and repeating."
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"Given how cheap the upgrade is for Switch 1 owners — you’re looking at £2.04 / $2.59 / €2.27 or your regional equivalent — the performance improvements for Fantasy Life i on Switch 2 are more than worth the price …"
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"FANTASY LIFE i definitely has its good points. It has a decent storyline, albeit a short one, and it has plenty of side content in the form of levelling up your "lives" and enhancing your island, but it definitely caters …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time stands as an expansive evolution of Level-5’s brilliant formula, blending an array of differing gameplay systems into a captivating whole. Though not without flaws—a combat system and narrative that lack depth, a …"
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"Sure, people who have played the original are going to love this game. But I hope this game finds its way to people who haven’t played the original. Maybe someone didn’t have a 3DS back then, or they didn’t like …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is proof that there&s;s room for light, fun games with plenty of content in the RPG genre. With a structure that mixes up life sim, combat, gathering, creation and even time travel, …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a surprisingly monstrous outing. It can be a seriously addictive RPG adventure, utterly stuffed with things to see, do, and eventually master. The grind can be a bit overwhelming at times, …"
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"Amidst the swirling questions about the difficulties encountered before its release—whether it would be canceled or if it would ever come—13 years later, a new Fantasy Life game has finally arrived, and it was well worth the wait. If you&s;re …"
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"Level-5 hits hard with Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. What the developer has created is a love story to the first game and its concept, but with a fantastic new narrative and world to explore. The breadth …"
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"It’s not a game for everyone but for those willing to settle into its rhythms and forgive a few rough edges, there’s something special here. It’s the kind of game you come back to on quiet evenings not because it …"
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"The combination of the enjoyable lighthearted combat, the nearly endless options of productive activities, or even the less important ones like designing your home and island, the co-op features, and the vast world makes Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who …"
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is an excellent blend of cozy life sim and action-adventure RPG that rarely stops surprising throughout its 50+ hour runtime."
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"Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time improves on the series in every conceivable way, delivering one of the most feature-rich games of the year."
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