Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (2007)

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PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.62 from 414 ratings

1882 members have it in their collection · 30 playing now · 810 backlogged · 107 wish listed

How long? Main story 15h · 100% 23h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

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 … Read 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. Read less
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Release dates

  • Dec 21, 2007 (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Sep 10, 2010 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Rating distribution

5 stars
67
4 stars
173
3 stars
132
2 stars
34
1 star
8
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thewritingj

Status thewritingj 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 …

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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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