FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Steam Deck Verified

LEVEL5 Inc. · RPG · May 21, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $59.99. It has been as low as $41.99.

92%
Very Positive
13k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 174 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 13k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story can be summarized fairly easily: Short and inconsequential.
174 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Free content updates instead of locking gameplay behind paid DLC.
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
This shouldn't be all too surprising, since this game focuses much more on multiplayer than on the singleplayer side, but that without knowing that beforehand it led to me being quite disappointed.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
One area the game does succeed is the graphics department.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Lastly, I played most (like 99%) of this game on my Steam Deck.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Although, apparently, you can’t do story or life challenges in co-op, so you can’t play the entire game together.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+4 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love10 themes
Story and characters174 reviews
Gameplay92 reviews
Multiplayer52 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Steam Deck19 reviews
Co-op16 reviews
Difficulty12 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat75 reviews
91%
Monetization12 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $41.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $59.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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