Within the wake of an unbelievable run at The Game Awards final week, throughout which Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gained a record-breaking 9 awards and introduced a free DLC out proper now, an entire lot of individuals are buying and/or downloading the sport to see what all of the fuss is about.
This commentary comes from a number of knowledge sources, all of that are pointing to a sudden rush of gamers to Clair Obscur throughout platforms. On Steam, the sport reached a peak over the weekend of 56,993 gamers, according to SteamDB. The numbers have not been that top since June.
The sport’s recognition is reflecting in gross sales, as effectively. According to Rhys Elliott, head of market evaluation at Alinea Analytics, gross sales of Clair Obscur have spiked since The Game Awards. They’re up 76% on Steam, 21% on PS5, and three% on Xbox (the place it is accessible on Game Cross). Alinea’s estimate is that this quantities to over 200,000 extra copies offered in only a few days.
However returning gamers are additionally coming again. Mat Piscatella, senior director at Circana, mentioned that “the % of US energetic PS, XBX and US Steam gamers partaking with the sport greater than tripled by Dec thirteenth when in comparison with Dec tenth. US Steam confirmed the most important carry,” in a Bluesky post. Piscatella affirmed that this was the very best whole of gamers engaged on Steam since June 1, with Xbox within the US seeing its highest whole since June 27, and PlayStation within the US since June tenth.
It is an unbelievable spike irrespective of the way you have a look at it, reflecting each these enjoying for the primary time in addition to returning gamers giving the free DLC a shot. It is seemingly that its run of awards had one thing to do with this, particularly since a type of awards was Game of the 12 months. It is gained a lot consideration that even French president Emmanuel Macron spoke as much as congratulate developer Sandfall Interactive.
If you happen to, like all these different folks, are simply beginning Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 this weekend, right here at IGN we now have a useful Newbie Information that you could be discover helpful to learn via as you begin. You can even examine in on our record of issues Clair Obscur would not inform you, or our full Walkthrough in case you get caught.
We at IGN additionally cherished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, giving it a 9/10 and writing: “Carrying its inspirations on its sleeve, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paints itself into the pantheon of nice RPGs with a superb fight system and a gripping, harrowing story.”
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Received a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.