Summary
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 500k copies in one day.
- The game has also been a hit with critics, standing as the highest-rated game of 2025 so far.
- A live-action film adaptation of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is in the works.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold over 500,000 copies in one day, according to developer Sandfall Interactive. It was already expected that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would be a big hit, but these are surprisingly high numbers.
Released earlier this week, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based RPG with real-time elements. The game follows the journey of a group of members of Expedition 33, who are trying to stop a mysterious entity known as The Paintress. Soon after reviews started to come out, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 became the highest-rated game of 2025. At the moment, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has an average critic score of 91 on OpenCritic, one point ahead of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Split Fiction.
How to Get Every Weapon in Clair Obscur Expedition 33
There are dozens of weapons to collect and use in battle throughout Clair Obscur Expedition 33's 30-hour story.
Now, Sandfall Interactive has revealed that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold over half a million copies in a single day. These numbers are especially impressive when put into perspective, as this is the first game to be developed by the studio, and it was released in the same week as the highly successful Oblivion Remastered. It’s also important to remember that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is available on Xbox Game Pass, and despite being part of the subscription service, it still managed to sell this many units.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sold Over 500,000 Copies
Since its release, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been receiving a lot of praise from both critics and gamers. For instance, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director Michael Douse recently praised Clair Obscur, highlighting how the game was developed by a small team. In his post, Douse also pointed out that the popular French game has Jennifer English as part of its cast, who voiced Shadowheart in BG3.
It’s also possible that fans may get more of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soon. Gamers may remember that Story Kitchen purchased the rights for a live-action film adaptation of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 earlier this year. The movie will be produced by Story Kitchen founders Dmitri M. Johnson and Mike Goldberg, as well as Timothy I. Stevenson and Elena Sandoval. At the time, the idea was met with some skepticism by some fans, as the title was not even out yet, but it seems like it was a good move, as the game has clearly been widely successful, and it’s possible that a movie may make the franchise even more well-known to other audiences.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 92 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- April 24, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Sandfall Interactive
- Publisher(s)
- Kepler Interactive
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Genre(s)
- Turn-Based RPG, JRPG, Fantasy
