FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time frames its adventure around a mysterious island and a journey across time. As an adventurer sailing with archaeologist Edward and his team, you follow a dragon’s fossil to an uncharted shore, then travel between the island’s thriving past and its present-day ruins to investigate its downfall. The story’s blend of exploration and mystery gives the game’s slower, life-simulation rhythms a larger purpose.
Its defining system is the choice among fourteen “Lives,” or jobs, which you can switch between at any time. Gathering roles collect ingredients and materials, crafting roles make weapons or dishes, and combat roles take on monsters. Those activities also feed into island restoration: gather resources, place buildings and objects, reshape terrain with rivers and roads, and decorate a home. Open-world travel adds climbing, swimming and mounts, making the island a space to explore as well as develop.
The game supports solo play alongside multiplayer for up to four players, with friends able to visit an island or explore dungeons together. A separate two-player family co-op option lets a second person join as a travel companion using two controllers, without an online connection.
