Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
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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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is a rpg/indie game designed for single-player, developed by EasyGameStation and released in 2010. With an estimated 257,000 copies sold, it is considered a mid-tier seller on Steam. With 7.4k reviews on Steam, it stands as a game with a solid review base on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 96.0/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 13.78 hours, with side content bringing that to 23.16 hours, and a completionist run can reach 51.79 hours. Players commonly describe it as Capitalism, Anime, RPG, Dungeon Crawler and JRPG.
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User Reviews
96.0
Overall Score / 100
9.6/10
Steam (7421 rev)
Playtime Estimates
13.78h
🎯 Main Story
23.16h
⭐ Main + Sides
51.79h
💯 Completionist
Based on 13 player submissions
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Game Information
Release Date
September 10, 2010
Developer
EasyGameStation
Publisher
Carpe Fulgur LLC
Platforms
Windows
Price
$19.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
256.7K
(205.3K - 308K) VRI ScoreLearning
91.2
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Genres & Categories
Genres
RPG
Indie
Categories
Single-player
Partial Controller Support
Family Sharing
Tags
Capitalism
Anime
RPG
Dungeon Crawler
JRPG
Indie
Singleplayer
Cute
Simulation
Female Protagonist
Management
Comedy
Action RPG
Fantasy
Strategy
Action
Shop Keeper
Adventure
Hack and Slash
2D
Supported Languages
With Full Audio
Japanese
Text Only
English
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
Minimum
Recommended
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