Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is a capitalism, anime and rpg game developed by EasyGameStation and published by Carpe Fulgur LLC.
Released on September 10th 2010 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 7,205 reviews of which 6,921 were positive and 284 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.


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Windows

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Processor: Pentium 4 1.7ghz or Athlon XP 1700+ (or equivalent processor)
  • Memory: 256MB of system RAM (512 reccomended for Windows Vista and 7)
  • Graphics: DirectX 8.1-compatible video card of any type with at least 64 megabytes of video RAM; Nvidia and ATI tested (Intel Intregrated Graphics below X4000 series not recommended)
  • DirectX®: DirectX 8.1
  • Hard Drive: 700MB free HD space
  • Sound: DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card/motherboard chip

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March 2025
A fun not so little game about running an item shop and maybe going adventuring, but more on that later. As the title implies, the main gameplay loop involves buying and selling items to pay off a loan. Over time you get a feel for how much you can highball different customers and they become more willing to spend larger sums of money in your store. As the game goes on new mechanics are introduced such as clients requesting items that aren't on display or placing orders 2-3 days in advance. Eventually, prices start fluctuating at which point you can speculate the market or get punished for over-relying on a single item category. The game features decent presentation and surprisingly charming writing. You can also tell it's a fantasy game right away because it features a money lender who still possesses a sliver of soul, emphasis on the sliver part. You'll see what I mean if you miss a payment. Finally, there's adventuring. You can hire NPCs to and go dungeon crawling with the usual elements such as monsters, treasure chests and bosses. I didn't like this part very much because the gameplay is serviceable, but nothing special, and the whole affair is less profitable than reselling things from the market/guild. Not to mention it provides no merchant experience which is what actually unlocks new things to play around with. Adventurers can visit the store and purchase equipment when off-work but regular citizens have an uncharacteristic desire for weapons and armor as well so this isn't much of an advantage. To conclude, for this review I replayed the game after about 7 years or so because the last time I didn't engage with the post-game content. This time around it's not any different, I feel satisfied with a regular playthtrough. Recettear is a fun game with a lot of charm but most of the post-game content is adventuring related and I don't care for it.
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Oct. 2024
Like the other comments say, an absolute gem of a game and truly one of the best games in its genre. If you've enjoyed shopkeeper segments in other RPGs such as Torneko Taloon's chapter in Dragon Quest, you're going to love Recettear. It's that simple. An enthusiastic endorsement.
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Oct. 2024
the best game of all time, unable to be recreated, egyptian pyramid levels of alien technology were granted to the devs and then revoked upon this masterpiece's completion. only excuse for nothing resembling this game being released in the last 10 years
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May 2024
17 years and no other game since managed to get that same feel, and no sequel to make it a better version.
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April 2024
EXCELLENT GAME BUT THE TUTORIAL IS LYING TO YOU Great game. Fun, easy to pick up and put down, cute characters, hilarious writing, simple mechanics. Absolutely would recommend. HOWEVER Don't listen to the word the tutorial says about haggling. Don't haggle. Ever. You want to build up a combo by offering everyone a price they are happy with the first time. That will get your level up much faster. The game also won't tell you that everyone has a different wallet size, and a different price they think is fair. Keep all that in mind. That said, awesome game, play it.
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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
9.3
6,921
284
Online players
18
Developer
EasyGameStation
Publisher
Carpe Fulgur LLC
Release 10 Sep 2010
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