RPG · September 10, 2010
Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale (2010)
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. Key features: Manage all aspects of an item shop – from stock to interior design! Explore randomized dungeons – never quite the same twice! Multiple adventurers to choose from when dungeon-diving – no two play the same! Plenty to do after beating the game – challenge yourself with Survival Mode or play to your heart's delight in Endless Mode! Engaging story, localized by Carpe Fulgur – get to know the people of Pensee!
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Capitalism · 928
- Anime · 824
- RPG · 642
- Dungeon Crawler · 586
- JRPG · 516
- Indie · 444
- Singleplayer · 411
- Cute · 403
- Simulation · 351
- Female Protagonist · 342
- Management · 296
- Comedy · 286
- Action RPG · 256
- Fantasy · 146
- Strategy · 128
Position in RPG
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 7.2k Steam reviews | Top 42% in RPG |
| Positive rating | 96% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 5% |
| Metacritic | 82/100 | Genre average 78 — top 37% of RPG titles |
| Engagement hours | 13 h average | Top 74% for session depth among RPG |
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Reception Metrics
Steam community
96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 7.2k reviews
6.9k positive · 290 negative
Metacritic
82/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.6/10
Curator recommendations
6.6k
Release & Availability
| Release date | Sep 10, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Developer | EasyGameStation |
| Publisher | Carpe Fulgur LLC |
| Base price | $3.99 -80% |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
13h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
7h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
4h
Current engagement
Features & Capabilities
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (2)
- English
- Japanese volume_up
Full audio (1)
- Japanese
Editions & Packages
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