‘Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time’ exceeds expectations with over 500,000 copies sold 

Fantasy Life was a cute and cosy JRPG with life-sim elements which released back in 2012/14 for the Nintendo 3DS. A rather charming and well-liked release, the team at Level5 seemed to have ‘levelled’ things up for this long-awaited sequel – with Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time having already sold over half a million copies in mere days.

Making the announcement on Twitter, Level5 shared the following: “Fantasy Life i has officially surpassed 500,000 copies sold worldwide! To show our gratitude, we’re releasing a brand-new illustration! This is just the beginning! We hope you continue enjoying your cozy, one-of-a-kind slow Life in Reveria to the fullest!”

For context, ‘Fantasy Life i’ just launched a couple days ago on the 21st of May, and while there have yet to be enough official critic reviews to land on a consensus, player feedback has been nothing but positive, with the game currently sitting at a 9.2 out of 10 on Metacritic (matching its Steam score of 92% ‘very positive’).

Though we never received official sales figures for the original Fantasy Life, the game was confirmed to have sold over 300,000 units in Japan by April 2013 – 4 months on from launch. That said, international figures were never revealed following its global release in 2014, and so it is unknown exactly how well the first game performed.

Given the fact however that reviews for the sequel are sitting high above the 3DS’ release (and that the title is currently the top trending game on SteamDB), is it safe to say that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is already a major success.

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