Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is out, and it’s already quite popular. In light of this, Level-5 has announced some free DLC is on the way, in recognition of the new Fantasy Life’s positive reception.
Announced on the Level-5 site, the developer has confirmed free DLC is coming to Fantasy Life i. While no release date is set yet, the team is teasing some new recipes, as well as new content to “update the world” (via Gematsu). It will also apparently allow players to utilize high-rarity weapons obtained from Treasure Groves and other 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 they were on the look-out for a new life-sim game or just eager for a new Fantasy Life game.
Level-5’s latest sits at a ‘Very Positive’ user review rating on Steam at the moment with over 3,000 reviews, and given the early confirmation of free DLC, it seems like the new game has certainly taken off.
It feels like a solid win for Level-5, even after the departure of Keiji Inafune last year to “reassess and restructure” the project. Business operations of Level-5 Comcept were transferred to the parent company after Inafune left. In a post from March 2025, Level-5 boss Akihiro Hino described Inafune’s departure as an “unexpected challenge.”
Fantasy Life i has taken off though, which hopefully bodes well for the rest of Level-5’s roster of upcoming games. The studio announced a slew of games in a February 2023 Nintendo Direct, and while some have released, others are still in development. The yet-to-be-released games include some heavy hitters, like futuristic detective RPG DecaPolice and the next installment in the Professor Layton series, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam.
While we wait to see when and how those games land, at least Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time players have some more chill life updates to look forward to. If you’re currently playing Fantasy Life i, make sure to head over to our Fantasy Life i Gift Codes hub, where we’re cataloguing all the Gift Codes and how to redeem them for some in-game goodies.
Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.
