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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Selling Out in Stores as Devs Pledge More Physical Stock

  • Launched in April 2025 by the new studio Sandfall Interactive, the turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 surpassed one million sales in just three days, marking a remarkable achievement for the developer.
  • The game reached 500,000 sales in less than 24 hours and achieved a peak concurrent Steam player count of 121,422, outpacing similar recent RPGs like ReFantazio.
  • Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a giant called The Paintress erases older people annually, players join a crew seeking to destroy this threat, with the game praised as a modern RPG classic.
  • Sandfall confirmed that physical copies of the game have run out at several retailers and assured customers that efforts are underway to replenish stock soon.
  • Clair Obscur's rapid sales and player engagement suggest strong market impact and growing momentum, potentially establishing it as an influential title in the RPG genre.
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More than a million sales in three days and dithyrambic critics, the global success of the video game "Clair Obscur : Expedition 33", is that of a small team from Montpellier. A coup de maîtrise for this first production that took by surprise its young creators and shakes the certainty of the sector.

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The best-rated video game of 2025 is French. It was not at all the most expected... Its creators, based in Montpellier, are completely stunned by this global success. Today you are told of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why it cardboard? Top Info tells you. (Culture, media and entertainment).

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xcancel.com broke the news in on Sunday, April 27, 2025.
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