Yes, worth buying.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.99.
- Story and characters: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 8k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Everything feels great, the ending is wonderful, it's a complete experience all its own.
Is the gameplay loop exciting?
The graphics in Recettear are bright and colorful and suit the game well, catering to the young crowd.
Controls on anything are great, moving items, changing furniture, adjusting prices, all the interface works as intended.
You won't have to juggle a keyboard's worth of binds, and it's very comfortably played with a controller.
The soundtrack reinforces the mood with upbeat melodies during shop hours and more subdued themes in dungeons, creating a pleasant rhythm that supports long play sessions.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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