How many people are playing Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale right now?

11 people are playing Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale on Steam right now, making it the 7064th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 22 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale's all-time peak player count?

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 2,989, reached in September 2010.

Is Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale good? What do Steam reviews say?

95% of 6,697 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale cost on Steam?

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale costs $19.99 on Steam (US).

Does Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale work on Steam Deck?

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is Unsupported on Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

by EasyGameStation · published by Carpe Fulgur LLC · Released Oct 15, 2010

Steam Deck UnsupportedLinux & Deck: Gold

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Players now

#7,064

▼ 35.3%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

95% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive6,697 reviews

Owners (est.)500K–1M

24h peak

Highest seen2,989

Sep 201016.2 years ago

Price on Steam

$19.99

Lowest ever $19.99 Oct 2026

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Players -35.3% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 15:16 UTC · tracking since 2012-07-01

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Steam Deck

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Patches & builds

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Nov 1, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC
Build 11606the current build when we started tracking859 MB on Windows

Patch notes

Oct 11, 2010
PatchRecettear: An Item Shop's Tale Update Released
Updates to Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: 1.108 * Fixed typographical errors; * Fixed error regarding the naming of the "brick floor" …

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Jul 29, 2011
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Jul 25, 2011
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Jul 4, 2011
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Nov 26, 2010
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History

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Review score: 95% on 2026-11-01 → 95% today (6,697 reviews)

Oct 31, 2026Price$19.99

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