Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a simulator developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4, released 16 April 2026 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 81 hrs to finish.
What Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a simulator game developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4 and released in 2026. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a social simulation game with no scripted narrative. Players oversee the daily lives of Mii characters on a tropical island as they autonomously form relationships, solve problems, and develop personalities.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 81 hrs.
What it launched against
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launched on 16 April 2026, within three weeks of Pragmata, Replaced, Saros and Mouse: P.I. For Hire. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 9 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Pragmata, Replaced, Saros, Mouse: P.I. For Hire.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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