Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale Reviews

As a 90s This game scratched the itch of me playing Rune Factory in my golden childhood.. only for a few hours then it got repetitive and surprisingly challenging. You can survive week 1 but week 2 starting to require Google to beat. Story and characters are quite basic as well. I love simple games but I'd suggest just play Rune Factory instead.

I started playing this game again after 15 years. Its a really good, fun game still to this day.

Probably one of my favorite games from the past. Played a bit when I was on PC. Probably will find a work around for my SD to just have that fun again

Terrible controls, a tedious continuously exponentially increasing target that you will inevitably fail way more times than is reasonable as a first hurdle, poorly optimised layout, unfocused between whether it wants to be an RPG or a shop sim, just an utterly unfun game to play.

I always come back to this game at some point. It's such a cute little game, and even if you don't succeed, it isn't the end of the world. You can play through as many loops as you need to accumulate the money needed to pay off your debt, and some stuff you get to keep - like your merchant level, items you already possess, etc. It's nice that the game lets you skip cutscenes too because you're bound to see the same ones over and over depending on how many loops you have to do. Overall, if you want a cute shopkeeping game with some adventure elements, this is the one to go for.

incredibly charming and fun. Very cute and makes me very happy and satisfied with my time.

Charming and enjoyable game. It's not as complicated or overwhelming as it seems at the beginning, which is slightly disappointing. Nonetheless, it's fun and cheap,

As a person who get bored easily, I recommend this game 🫶🏻 And if you're working almost everyday and wanna play a game that doesn't use so much energy, I think this game is perfect. (and it will be more perfect, if you can lay down while playing a game, I use steam link on my ipad so I can lay down on my bed, using a controller to play this game) I purchased this game under $2 and it's the best $2 I've ever spent. 9/10 (minus 1 point bc some customers pissed me off but that's make this game much more interesting)

I played this game with the intent to beat the game on loop 1 blind. And so here's my review. Very difficult game. Not very balanced. Key mechanics are explained enough to use, but not enough to figure out how to optimize them. Trying to pay off debt without looping a single time is way too difficult. The debt scaling feels insane and you're constantly questioning whether or not there's a new mechanic that will be introduced or some mechanic you're not using that's making the game so difficult. So to anyone who wants to try to beat this game without a single game over and loop, read an online guide on the bartering mechanics in this game. I really do recommend everyone gives this game a try though. Great art, funny dialogue, fun gameplay for the first in-game week or two. Should you pay full price for this game? Nah, get it on sale. Buy low and enjoy the short high. Capitalism HO!

Why does Recette, the largest shopkeeper, not simply eat the others?