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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Achieves Milestone Success with Critical Acclaim and Over 1 Million Sales

The debut RPG from Sandfall Interactive has surpassed Oblivion Remastered on Steam and drawn praise from French President Macron, cementing its place as one of 2025’s standout releases.

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The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 RPG team venturing forth into the unknown to defeat the Paintress

Overview

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold over 1 million copies within three days of its April 24 release, with physical editions selling out due to high demand.
  • The game maintains a 92 OpenCritic score and has outpaced Bethesda’s Oblivion Remastered in concurrent Steam players, reaching a peak of 121,422 users.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron publicly congratulated Sandfall Interactive, highlighting the game as a testament to French creativity and innovation.
  • Proximity to Oblivion Remastered’s launch reportedly enhanced Expedition 33’s success, drawing attention to RPGs and benefiting from Xbox Game Pass availability.
  • The game’s development team clarified that the widely circulated claim of being made solely by 30 ex-Ubisoft developers is inaccurate, with a larger team contributing to its creation.