Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (2010)
- Developer
- EasyGameStation
- Publisher
- Carpe Fulgur LLC
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- RPG, Indie
- Rating
- 4.8 of 5, 7,497 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 7.2 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A frantic balance of haggling with customers and dungeon crawling to keep your shop afloat, wrapped in a cute but deceptively demanding loop.
cutewhimsicalchaoticmanagementfast-pacedplayfulstressfulpunishing
What players say
Players praise the unique mix of shop management and dungeon crawling, calling the loop addictive and charming. Opinions split on the haggling and combat: some find the haggling penalizing and the dungeon bosses unfairly hard.
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