Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life is a role-playing life simulation game, in which players can choose from any of the twelve jobs known as "life classes". Gameplay centers upon the player taking on various tasks given to them and switching between the twelve Life classes to access different tasks. Upon achieving various goals such as completing tasks in the game, buying a new house, or decorating said house, players will gain "Bliss points" that will unlock additional features like larger storage, or the ability to expand their home. Players are able to customize several aspects of their character.

As the game progresses players have the ability to unlock several new areas, as well as non-playable characters that can join them on their journey and help them fight monsters.

The game is set in the fantasy world of Reveria, which is made of the plains and mountains that center and surround the three lands of Castele, Port Puerto, and Al Maajik. Its rulers, King Erik of Castele, Olivia of Port Puerto, and Damien of Al Maajik spend their days ruling over their citizens and guiding them in their choice of the 12 available Life paths. One day this peaceful state is shattered when a strange purple meteorite falls into the house of the player, setting off a chain of events foretold in an ancient prophecy involving Reveria's goddess and the moon Lunares.

The player is asked by King Erik of the land of Castele to investigate these strange occurrences, as the meteorites, later dubbed Doomstones by the world's inhabitants, have the ability to fill creatures with dark, destructive energy. They are joined in this quest by a glowing butterfly that has the ability to speak. As the game progresses, the butterfly reveals that her real name and form is Yuelia, the daughter of Celestia, whom the people of Reveria worship as the Life Goddess.

The game received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of three nines and one eight for a total of 35 out of 40.

Megan Sullivan of IGN said that it "is a fun blend of life simulation and RPG" and that it "offers a cornucopia of activities to do." Conversely, Polygon's Griffin McElroy said that it is "more mundane than fantastic." McElroy criticized the game's battling mechanics, saying that they "require almost no strategy" and that "even the game's toughest foes can be easily outwitted; every enemy has an invisible boundary they'll never move past, so defeating any enemy is as easy as hitting them, running to the boundary and repeating."