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FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Step into this Slow-Life RPG where you can freely switch between 14 unique jobs, so called "Lives," and enjoy a carefree life in a fantasy world. Fish, cook, shape the island to your liking, or team up with friends to battle monsters across the vast world.

What works

  • Extensive content with 14 lives and large open world
  • Flexible life switching and skill customization
  • Cozy and charming art style with nostalgic music
  • Smooth performance on pc and steam deck
  • Strong crafting, exploration, and progression systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Multiplayer is limited and considered an afterthought
  • Some grindy and repetitive elements in crafting and leveling
  • Only one save slot available
  • Early game can feel slow and restrictive
  • Limited variety in enemy and boss designs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sun Haven

  • Swords 'n Magic and Stuff

  • Immortal Life

  • Moonstone Island

  • Rune Factory 5

  • DYSPLACED

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time but with more leadership over others

  • Escape from Ever After

  • Dinkum

  • Song Of The Prairie

  • Kitaria Fables

  • DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2

  • Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

Less violent

Games that feels like FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time but with less combat and destruction

  • Amber Isle

  • Summer in Mara

  • Ooblets

  • Disney Dreamlight Valley

  • Moonlight Peaks

  • STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town

More survival-focused

Games that feels like FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Pathless Woods

  • PixARK

  • Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party?

  • Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands

  • Lynked: Banner of the Spark

  • Craftopia

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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  • Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom

  • INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road

  • The Quest

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026