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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 "compan
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“What is Recettear about? Simple, it's about getting your house repossessed by a loan shark because you get saddled with your father's debt needs to be repaid and you don't have a cent to your name. But you do have the house (for now), and the loan shark suggests turning it into…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“Recettear's a pretty enjoyable game with a charming aesthetic, but it also carries with it some expected Japanese doujin jank. The main gameplay consists of stocking your shop through merchants, dungeon drops, or customers, and selling it at (hopefully) an insane markup. This…”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played“This review was originally posted on [url=https://lilsis.moe/games/Steam/Recettear-An_Item_Shops_Tale/]my website[/url]. Recettear is, as it says in the name of the game, a store managing simulator. The main goal of the game is to pay off your father's debt that he accrued…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG, Indie |
| Player tags | Capitalism · Anime · RPG · Dungeon Crawler · JRPG · Indie · Singleplayer · Cute · Simulation · Female Protagonist · Management · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese * * |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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