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!
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:9/10/2010
- Developer:EasyGameStation
- Publisher:Carpe Fulgur LLC
- Last Updated:1/17/2025
- Steam App Id:70400
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has 39 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 69% lower than its previous all-time peak of 126 players achieved on 1/14/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. It has received a total of 7,142 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 93 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. Right now, it costs $19.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale and its growth over time. It currently has 16,338 followers on its community page.
About Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is a RPG, and Indie game developed by EasyGameStation. On 9/10/2010, it was released on the Steam Store by Carpe Fulgur LLC.
Players have rated Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 7,142 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 6,860 positive reviews and 282 negative reviews — an overall 96% positive review rating. Additionally, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has earned a metascore of 82 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $19.99.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is not possible to play or run Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale on the Steam Deck.
According to Steam’s category system, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Partial Controller Support
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Capitalism
- Management
- Hack and Slash
- Dungeon Crawler
- Fantasy
- JRPG
- RPG
- Comedy
- Simulation
- Cute
- Action RPG
- Shop Keeper
- Strategy
- Indie
- Anime
- Adventure
- Action
- Female Protagonist
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Packages
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Carpe Fulgur Collection | $7.49 | View |
| Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale | $3.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is available in 2 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 17). Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/70400
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 17). Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/70400
- Metacritic. (2025, January 17). Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/recettear-an-item-shops-tale
- EasyGameStation. (2023, July 12). Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/