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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

95% positive of 6,690 Steam reviews

Released: 2010
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Platforms: Steam, GOG

Made by EasyGameStation. Published by Carpe Fulgur LLC.

About the game

Tagged by players

Capitalism
Dungeon Crawler
Anime
JRPG
RPG
Female Protagonist
Management
Cute
Comedy
Action RPG
Simulation
Shop Keeper

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

Recommended
So, I played through this game about 9 years ago, and although I didn't write a review at the time, I remember thoroughly loving it. The humour, the charm, all great. Now, I'm not sure if it's just modern standards or lower attention spans, but playing through it now is still fun, but the adventuring part now feels a lot more repetitive and boring than I recall it being in the past, and comprises a lot of what you…
33 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
One of the best games I've played about running a shop. Combat can get a bit stale but it's not the main feature of the game anyways.
15 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Kinda sucks actually. There's no point haggling because if you don't make a deal on first try you get penalized. The dungeon part of the game is extremely boring. The rest of the game is good but that's already a lot wrong with it.
7.5 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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