Hidden gem: PC RPG Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

[ssj12]

Zlejedi said:

ssj12 said:

Torillian said:

Hidden?  bah, wrote a review for it myself.  Tons of fun, hopefully I get more releases like that from Steam because that was a pleasent surprise. 

doesnt matter if you reviewed it, its an indie title, they dont get much media or press so they tend to stay hidden until discussed like in this thread. its like blueberry garden, I reviewed that, how many people here have heard of it even though I praised the heck out of it.

Well Recettear is also on Kotaku Christmas gifts for pc gamer list so it's not like it didn't get famous rather fast.

Well the game was released in September. Have you heard of it till this thread or Kotaku's Christmas list? Really I saw an article on Kotaku calling it a hidden gem posted when it was released. I only discovered the article before posting this thread.

The more media, the better for these types of games. Still there isn't enough. Articles like Kotaku's is a great step for indie game purchases when there are sales like Steam's, but when the game is released, other than a random review from smaller publications like this site no one really will see or know about the game.