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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

EasyGameStation / Oct 15, 2010 / RPG, Indie

windows
Steam Deck Unsupported

9 playing now

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!

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Part	Your PC	MinimumNot sure
CPU	Not set	Pentium 4 1.7ghz or Athlon XP 1700+ (or equivalent processor) Can't tell
GPU	Not set	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) Can't tell
RAM	Not set	256MB of system RAM (512 reccomended for Windows Vista and 7) Can't tell

What players say

Overwhelmingly Positive

96% positive, 6,277 reviews

Recommended9 hrs played

Game is a bit misleading with information. Dungeon is not optimal most of the time. I got incredibly frustrated at the combat and skipped the Dungeon for a week or so, and made way more money by just buying and selling high quantities of items. Putting it off until your adventurers buy better gear is not a big deal. Failure is expected in an almost roguelite way. If you fail to repay debt (which you likely will...

27 found this helpful, 2025-12-20

Recommended56 hrs played

Can someone explain why there aren't more games like this? Dungeon exploration + shopkeeper in a medieval fantasy setting is clearly popular, why aren't there more games like this?

17 found this helpful, 2025-12-22

Recommended28 hrs played

Recettear 100% Full Completion Review Score: 10/10 Recettear is a game about a young girl with a parent who leaves her with a mountain of debt and has to repay it all or face losing her home, fortunately with the help with a young business savvy fairy she is able to convert her home in a shop to help make some money to pay off the debt and in the process becomes one of the most cunning and business savvy...

9 found this helpful, 2026-01-20

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