Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has bought over one million copies, writer Kepler Interactive has introduced.
We already knew the debut RPG from developer Sandfall Interactive acquired off to a flying begin given it hit a gross sales milestone of 500,000 copies bought inside 24 hours, and now it is doubled that.
“And right here we’re. Three days after launch. A million copies bought. Thanks for believing in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,” the studio (*1*) on social media over the weekend.
That is not the one milestone it hit, both. In keeping with SteamDB, over the weekend Clair Obscur hit a concurrent peak of 121,422 gamers on Steam. That is considerably forward of the concurrent peak of another sport from notable RPG developer Atlus, together with fellow RPG darling Metaphor: ReFantazio, which launched in October 2024 and boasts a concurrent peak of 85,961 gamers.
After all, concurrent information should not indicative of the complete participant base — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 additionally launched on PS5, PC, and Xbox Collection X and S, and was a day-one launch on the Xbox Sport Cross Final subscription — so the precise variety of gamers who jumped in over the weekend is probably going a lot extremely than that, suggesting Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could be very widespread proper now.
In IGN’s 9/10 overview of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, we described it as a “fashionable RPG traditional.” Developed by the newly shaped studio Sandfall Interactive, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based RPG that takes heavy inspiration from the style classics, and follows a crew of Expeditioners in a post-apocalyptic world the place annually, a large being known as The Paintress etches a brand new quantity and erases anybody older than it. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sees you be a part of the crew that travels to the ends of the continent to destroy the Paintress.
When you began over the weekend, or are possibly pondering of leaping in this week, remember to take a look at our ideas for the essential issues to know earlier than going into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Vikki Blake is a reporter, critic, columnist, and marketing consultant. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.