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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Dec 21, 2007

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3.62 average rating based on 412 ratings

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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! As Recette, you have to decide how you'll get your stock - either through playing the markets in town or going out into the wild with an adventuring friend and thrashing beasts until they give … More
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! As Recette, you have to decide how you'll get your stock - either through playing the markets in town or going out into the wild with an adventuring friend and thrashing beasts until they give up the goodies - how much to sell things for, what the shop should look like, and how to best go about getting the money Tear needs to pay off the loan. If you can't come up with the money... well, hope you like living in a cardboard box. Less
Developers
EasyGameStation
Publishers
Carpe Fulgur LLC, EasyGameStation
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Themes
Action, Business, Comedy, Fantasy
Steam
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Release Dates
Dec 21, 2007 (Japan)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 10, 2010 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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User Stats
1877
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107
Wish Listed
30
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807
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How Long Is Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale?
Main story: 15.0 hours
100% completion: 23.0 hours
Total completions: 2
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Gogi
Gogi gave Apr 10, 2021
Gogi gave Apr 10, 2021
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

I only knew about Recettear because of my older brother. I find it to be very fun to get good at, and I really like the dungeon system and how it's implemented with how you run your shop. Finding stuff that you battled for to sell feels rewarding, and selling those same items to the travelers you send in the dungeon makes the characters more personal. Good game!

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Roach
Roach gave Jan 19, 2021
Roach gave Jan 19, 2021
Wasn't for Me
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

There's nothing blatantly wrong with this game. I bought it because I like simulators and I like RPGs. This seemed like a great mix of the two. I found myself rather bored with the characters but I wasn't expecting a deep plot to begin with. While in the shop and selling items to customers, the same generated no-named characters come up and ask to buy certain items. I was hoping the customers would be people you may know from in town and grow a relationship with over time. I also wished you could customize your shop but it stays exactly the same, along with your characters' dress. There just wasn't enough compelling content to keep playing.

Try the demo before buying it.

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paranoodle
paranoodle gave Oct 13, 2018
paranoodle gave Oct 13, 2018
paranoodle's review of Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

this game is far from perfect but i've enjoyed every single hour of it. if you're the type of person who's ever thought "god i wish spreadsheets were a video game" then this will absolutely appeal to you.

the characters are okay if kind of forgettable, but the main flaw of this game is that i'm constantly wishing i could play more games like it but they don't exist and there's only so many hours i can play this for.

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thewritingj
thewritingj updated their status Jun 4, 2016
thewritingj updated their status Jun 4, 2016

This game is super cute.... but

a) it's developed to be used with a controller, NOT a PC. You can't use the mouse and have to awkwardly cycle through with arrow keys and hit enter. It's just clunky and awkward.

b) Like all "running a shop" games, it's boring.

c) I couldn't get the hang of making money, and didn't understand what the point of haggling was if no one was going to really go much above or below the price. Just seemed like a waste of time.

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