12 Games like Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale on PS5 that you should try

The genre is the same as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale’s, and with it melee combat, an anime aesthetic and single-player focus. The common ground extends to skill tree progression. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

Same family as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale: melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus and tactical combat.

Same family as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale: melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus and tactical combat.

Same family as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale: melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: strong narrative focus and tactical combat.

It comes from the same genre as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale and shares cozy, relaxing feel, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera.

The genre is the same as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale’s, and with it melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and an isometric view. They part company on tone and progression: this one brings strong narrative focus and multiplayer gameplay.

Shelved next to Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale for good reason: melee combat, an anime aesthetic and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in tone and combat — its own ground is strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting.

Genre puts it alongside Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, and so does exploration and discovery, melee combat, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

Same family as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale: melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus and multiplayer gameplay.

It comes from the same genre as Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale and shares melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. Both also lean on skill tree progression. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is punishing difficulty and historical setting.

Shelved next to Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale for good reason: melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and multiplayer gameplay.

With Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale it shares deep RPG systems, cozy, relaxing feel and magic-based combat. The common ground extends to an anime aesthetic and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is progression and combat: strong narrative focus and tactical combat.