Overview
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won seven Golden Joystick Awards including Ultimate Game of the Year, tying Baldur’s Gate 3’s record, with 30.71% of the top prize vote.
- Creative director Guillaume Broche says Sandfall Interactive does not plan to significantly expand, emphasizing that the studio works best as a small team.
- The game launched April 24 as a Day One title on Xbox Game Pass and reportedly sold 3.3 million copies in 33 days, surpassing 5 million by early October.
- Critics scored it 92 on Metacritic and players gave it a 9.6 user rating, which reporting describes as the platform’s highest to date.
- Expedition 33 leads this year’s Game Awards nominations with a reported record-setting 12 nods, keeping attention on the studio heading into December.