Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

If you ever wanted a "open a shop" game with some adventuring on the side, this is by far the best of its kind, which is kind of funny considering there has been dozen of attempts at copying Recettear, but really none of its clones have managed to nail that very satisfying feel that only Recettear brings when you sell stuff and start profiting up, despite its age and more basic graphics. But maybe its due its age and respective restrictions which makes the whole game feel way more immersive and real, while staying fun, with a respectable amount of challenge & comfort, since, you know, real shops are do indeed constrained by space & time & ever mood changing clients, unlike its modern clones that just overdo on the cozy with no substance, or ramp up on very immersion breaking "modern" optimizations.

it's a great game. if you liked old school harvest moon and rune factory games youll probably like this game as it is similar vibes but shop focused.

Recettear is fairly fun and reminds me of PS2-era RPG and farming games. While I understand why some people spend tens of hours, it gets repetitive quickly for me, so I only finished the main story. While I recommend it (partly because it's so cheap on sale), keep in mind that it lacks modern settings. Consider installing the 'FancyScreenPatchForRecettear' mod if you want widescreen and other features, although I was unable to run it successfully (likely because I use Linux, which complicates things).