EasyGameStation has introduced Recettear HD, a remastered model of the cult basic 2007 merchandise store administration sim that is coming subsequent yr.
Proper now, we do not know so much in regards to the venture. In an announcement publish on social media platform X (for which we’re utilizing machine translation), EasyGameStation merely says “we’ll open an merchandise store once more in 2025”, ending the publish with the hashtag #RecettearHD.
Given the venture’s title, we’re assuming it isn’t a ground-up remake of the sport, however relatively a remastered model for contemporary techniques. Presumably, that additionally means we’ll be seeing it on consoles, though it is troublesome to say at this early stage.
The screenshots launched to date for the sport embrace a shot of Recette standing in her merchandise store, in addition to an adventurer exploring a dungeon and battling slimes.
Within the first shot, we will see controller glyphs that considerably resemble these of the Nintendo Swap, though all we have got to go on proper now are an “A” and a “Y”, which may additionally simply consult with Xbox controller glyphs.
We additionally do not but know whether or not this model of the sport will likely be localized outdoors of Japan, though one social media publish appears to recommend that this can certainly be the case.
Andrew Cube, the founding father of Recettear localization studio Carpe Fulgur, famous Recettear HD‘s announcement on X, promising extra information “within the yr to come back”. If Carpe Fulgur is concerned, then it is very possible we will likely be seeing Recettear HD within the West.
If you happen to’re not aware of the unique Recettear, it is an merchandise store administration sim-slash-dungeon crawler alongside the strains of Moonlighter (which is itself getting a sequel subsequent yr), though it is far more light-hearted and satirical than Digital Solar’s sport.
Recettear revolves round Recette Lemongrass, a woman who should pay again a mortgage on behalf of her father by operating an merchandise store. She should haggle with clients, ship adventurers out on epic quests to retrieve loot, and usually take care of the vagaries of JRPG capitalism.
Recettear HD lands someday subsequent yr, though we do not know when or the place but. The unique model is accessible proper now for PC by way of Steam, and it is presently up for grabs at a tidy low cost as nicely.