Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Success Continues as Its Soundtrack Tops Billboard Classical Music Album Charts

30 Person Studio Delivers 2025’s Surprise Gaming Hit, Outshining AAA Giants

In an industry often dominated by blockbuster titles and massive development teams, French indie studio Sandfall Interactive has emerged as a formidable contender. With just 30 developers—many of them former Ubisoft employees—their debut game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 released on 24 April 2025 has surpassed two million copies sold within just 12 days—a remarkable feat for a team of this size. Set in a dark fantasy world inspired by the Belle …

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Success Continues as Its Soundtrack Tops Billboard Classical Music Album Charts

Developer Sandfall Interactive has announced that the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack has managed to top Billboard album charts in the weeks since its release.

In a fantasy and fantastic Paris of the Belle Époque, the video game "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" is a quest to stop the disappearance of inhabitants each year. Its success comparable to the blockbusters of the sector can be explained by its narrative, its colors, its music and its 'French touch'.

At the end of April Clair Obscur appeared: Expedition 33 and the role-playing game conquered the hearts of fans and critics. 92 points on Metacritic, 9.7 in the User Score and 93 percent on Steam are absolutely phenomenal scores, which the game according to testers and players has earned more than. In addition, we report every few days about new sales milestones and even the French president praised the success of the game. So it could hardly be…

The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack is topping two Billboard charts

By now you should already know that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a fantastic game, but it's worth mentioning that one of the things people have unanimously praised the most is the soundtrack. We mention this because the role-playing game - after topping and placing high on several charts - is now number one in a slightly different context. Siliconera notes that the game's music is at the top of the prestigious Billboard list in the Classical …

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Soundtrack Topped 2 Billboard Charts

The soundtrack for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 hit the number one spot on two different Billboard charts for the first time.