Fashion Dreamer

Fashion Dreamer is not necessarily a title that someone is going to sit down and play for hours on end, but it's impressive how addictive the simple gameplay loop quickly becomes. The excitement of getting new clothes, creating new styles, trying on outfits others are wearing and so many other little things is fantastic. Even for someone who only has a mild, passing interest in fashion, there's fun to be had here. The ability to simply have fun in a digital world where it doesn't cost real money to buy and wear fantastic outfits is well worth picking up this title in and of itself, and it's si...

Fashion Dreamer is a great entry into the dress-up game genre. It houses a plethora of outfits and clothing for you to sift through and find the perfect combination for your muse. The online features may be a bit barebones, but it is a great title for what it does, giving us the variety of mechanics that it has.

Fashion Dreamer dives into the deep end of sandbox gameplay and loses a lot of charm in the process. Having everything available from the get go is nice, but it lacks any motivation to keep playing after the first few hours. Making outfits is a ton of fun, there’s just not much to do or see outside of that.

Creating outfits is hugely entertaining. If you’re the type of person who spends far too long in a game’s character creator screen, you’re going to have a whale of a time piecing together outfits in Fashion Dreamer, making everyone look their absolute best. But that’s about all there is to do here. Sure, showing off your own designs in your showroom can be entertaining, especially if you’re playing online. But a serious lack of substance and any semblance of challenge really lets the experience down. Playing dress-up is a fun and relaxing way to pass the time, but if you’re expecting anything ...

Dress-up games are a genre that goes wildly unappreciated, these days mostly being relegated to Picrews or as a small element in much bigger games. I have often jokingly called huge RPGs that include armor customisation of any sort ‘dress-up games’ because I need to find somewhere to get my dress-up fix. If that place happens to be Bloodborne, then that’s just how it is going to be. So I was very excited to hear about a new entry in the genre coming to Switch so I could finally start ma...

Fashion Dreamer’s main focus of creating outfits is enjoyable, but there isn’t a whole lot else going on in the game. Some players might be able to spend hours just collecting clothing items and putting together different combos for their muse and other avatars to show off. However, those who enjoyed the more mechanics-heavy and story-influenced elements of the Style Savvy series aren’t going to find the same charms in Fashion Dreamer. Either way, it’s probably worth waiting for the price to drop before trying this one on for size.

Fashion Dreamer reimagines the dress-up game as a wander through metaverse corridors in washed out tones as you claw at growing your follower count.

Enter a virtual world of fashion fantasies made real, where coordination and communication mix like never before. Your new life as an influencer awaits!

I had no idea what I was going to be encountering when I picked up Fashion Dreamer towards the end of last week. My first time hearing about it was during a recent Nintendo Direct, and it looked…well, it looked okay. It seemed like an intriguing concept, and my wife and kids were over the moon at the commercial. It apparently was evocative of a series called Style Savvy which my beloved had put countless hours into, and also showed my daughters on her 3DS. The idea of crafting, designing an...