Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale cover

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Critic score1 critic
First release
Dec 21, 2007
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Simulator · Action, Fantasy, Comedy, Business

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.

Also known as RECETTEAR〜アイテム屋さんのはじめ方〜

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 21, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 10, 2010
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
15h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text, Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
anime, magic, grinding, guild, tycoon
… All 37, crafting, jrpg, female protagonist, management, steam, fairy, store management, economy, dungeon crawler, day/night cycle, inventory management, digital distribution, xbox controller support for pc, single-player only, platform exclusive, attributes, customization, leveling up, shopping, bow and arrow, randomly generated dungeons, rpg elements, bread, commerce, gamersgate, pacifist playthrough, merchants, new game plus, playable boss, supply and demand, macromanagement, interior design

At a Glance

Critic Score
76
Main + Extras (IGDB)
15h

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