Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is out, and it's already fairly standard. In mild of this, Level-5 has introduced some free DLC is on the way in which, in recognition of the brand new Fantasy Life's optimistic reception.
Announced on the Level-5 site, the developer has confirmed free DLC is coming to Fantasy Life i. While no release date is ready but, the staff is teasing some new recipes, in addition to new content material to "update the world" (by way of Gematsu). It may also apparently enable gamers to make the most of high-rarity weapons obtained from Treasure Groves and different sources.
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time went live for early access on May 18, with its full launch on May 21. It quickly climbed the Steam charts and started drawing players in, whether or not they had been on the look-out for a new life-sim game or simply anticipating a new Fantasy Life game.
Level-5's latest sits at a 'Very Positive' user review rating on Steam in the mean time with over 3,000 reviews, and given the early affirmation of free DLC, it looks like the brand new game has definitely taken off.
It looks like a strong win for Level-5, even after the departure of Keiji Inafune last year to "reassess and restructure" the undertaking. Business operations of Level-5 Comcept had been transferred to the mum or dad firm after Inafune left. In a put up from March 2025, Level-5 boss Akihiro Hino described Inafune's departure as an "unexpected challenge."
Fantasy Life i has taken off although, which hopefully bodes nicely for the remainder of Level-5's roster of upcoming video games. The studio introduced a slew of video games in a February 2023 Nintendo Direct, and whereas some have launched, others are nonetheless in growth. The yet-to-be-released video games embody some heavy hitters, like futuristic detective RPG DecaPolice and the subsequent installment within the Professor Layton sequence, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam.
While we wait to see when and how these video games land, not less than Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time gamers have some more chill life updates to sit up for. If you're at the moment taking part in Fantasy Life i, make sure to head over to our Fantasy Life i Gift Codes hub, the place we're cataloguing all of the Gift Codes and how to redeem them for some in-game goodies.
Eric is a freelance author for IGN.