Various Daylife ($19.99) was one of the more-surprising Apple Arcade games. It was an exclusive RPG from the creators of Bravely Default (3DS) and Octopath Traveler (Switch and PC) featuring an original story with multiple job classes and an interesting battle system. Since launch, it was updated with quality of life improvements, but was eventually pulled from the service. Various Daylife eventually hit Nintendo Switch, PC, and PS4 worldwide as a paid game. Today, it has launched on iOS and Android as a premium release. There’s a digital artbook bonus as well for early purchases both in and outside Japan. Watch the Various Daylife trailer below:
If you skipped Various Daylife on Apple Arcade and hoped for a standalone mobile version, you can now grab it on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. It is priced at $20.99 on iOS and Android while the PC and console version is priced at $28.99. I feel like this is the first Apple Arcade Original game that has launched on Android, but could be wrong. You can check out our original thread for Various Daylife here and our new thread for the standalone release here. Did you play this on Apple Arcade or were you hoping for a standalone release?
Update: Added details for the early purchase bonus.
Tried playing this a few times on Arcade, bored the heck out of me. That asking price is insane IMO. You can get God of War for $25 atm.
This is not a great RPG. It felt like a cancelled 3DS game that Apple provided funding to push over the finish line. Decent battle system, low-budget half-finished everything else.
I got 20 minutes into this game when it first came out, but either couldn't work out where the save function was, or you had to spend 30 minutes to unlock it.
Lost progress when I picked it back up, and that was that.