Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Released Oct 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!

96% positive · 7,515 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is a Japanese indie RPG originally developed by EasyGameStation and localized for Western markets by Carpe Fulgur. It launched on September 10, 2010, as a complete, self-contained game. The store description describes a fully realized experience with multiple game modes (Story, Survival, and Endless), making no mention of any downloadable content, expansions, or post-launch additions. There is no DLC listed on the store, no news posts indicating further development activity, and no developer roadmaps or announcements of future content. The game was clearly shipped as a finished product, and there is no evidence of any post-launch content cycle having ever existed. With over 7,400 reviews at 96% positive, the game has a long-established and well-regarded legacy as a complete release.
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Store description presents a complete game with story mode, survival mode, and endless mode — no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned updates.
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Details

Publisher
Carpe Fulgur LLC
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

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!
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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