One Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 performer felt assured sufficient that the RPG could be successful that they guess somebody on the recreation’s writer 33 baguettes that it might promote 1 million copies in per week. That ended up taking place, and now the voice actor, Aliona Baranova, desires her bread.
At Emerald City Comic Con 2026, Baranova stated she “knew” that Expedition 33 could be a success. She raised the stakes, too, with a bread guess.
“I made a guess with somebody referred to as Jack who’s on the Kepler [Interactive] publishing crew that it might promote one million copies within the first week. I made a guess and the guess was to win 33 baguettes. Jack, the place are my baguettes?” she stated, as reported by GamesRadar.
Expedition 33 didn’t want a full week to promote 1 million copies. The truth is, it offered 1 million units within 72 hours. It has since climbed to more than 5 million copies sold. Past robust gross sales, Expedition 33 gained quite a lot of awards, together with GameSpot’s Game of the 12 months Award for 2025. The truth is, Expedition 33 gained extra Game of the 12 months awards than some other recreation in historical past, beating Elden Ring’s document.
Not everybody thought Expedition 33 could be such a swift success. The recreation’s personal artistic director, Guillaume Broche, instructed Edge that the success was “utterly surprising from just about everyone.”
Developer Sandfall has not introduced a follow-up, however many expect the studio to make a sequel. Lead author Jennifer Svedberg-Yen stated Sandfall doesn’t need to people-please with no matter it makes subsequent. As an alternative, she stated Sandfall’s subsequent recreation will likely be what the crew desires to make versus being what followers particularly need.
“I’ve seen too many TV exhibits and books be swayed attempting to please lots of people, and within the course of you find yourself shedding the guts of what is there,” Svedberg-Yen stated. “So [we] really feel like we have to belief our instincts and proceed to belief the imaginative and prescient behind the studio.”
Past the 5 million gross sales, Expedition 33 has little doubt reached much more individuals as a result of it is accessible on Xbox Game Cross. As of April 2, it is also accessible with the less-expensive Game Cross Premium tier, opening it as much as probably much more individuals.