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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has sold over 500,000 copies in one day, according to developer Sandfall Interactive. It was already expected thatClair Obscur: Expedition 33would be a big hit, but these are surprisingly high numbers.
Released earlier this week,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33is a turn-based RPG with real-time elements. The game follows the journey of a group of members of Expedition 33, who are trying to stop a mysterious entity known as The Paintress. Soon after reviews started to come out,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33became the highest-rated game of 2025. At the moment,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has an average critic score of 91 on OpenCritic, one point ahead ofKingdom Come: Deliverance 2andSplit Fiction.
Now, Sandfall Interactive has revealed thatClair Obscur: Expedition 33sold over half a million copies in a single day. These numbers are especially impressive when put into perspective, as this is the first game to be developed by the studio, and it was released in the same week as the highly successfulOblivion Remastered. It’s also important to remember thatClair Obscur: Expedition 33is available on Xbox Game Pass, and despite being part of the subscription service, it still managed to sell this many units.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sold Over 500,000 Copies
Since its release,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has been receiving a lot of praise from both critics and gamers. For instance,Baldur’s Gate 3publishing director Michael Douse recently praisedClair Obscur, highlighting how the game was developed by a small team. In his post, Douse also pointed out that the popular French game has Jennifer English as part of its cast, who voiced Shadowheart inBG3.
It’s also possible that fans may get more ofClair Obscur: Expedition 33soon. Gamers may remember that Story Kitchen purchased the rights for alive-action film adaptationofClair Obscur: Expedition 33earlier this year. The movie will be produced by Story Kitchen founders Dmitri M. Johnson and Mike Goldberg, as well as Timothy I. Stevenson and Elena Sandoval. At the time, the idea was met with some skepticism by some fans, as the title was not even out yet, but it seems like it was a good move, as the game has clearly been widely successful, and it’s possible that a movie may make the franchise even more well-known to other audiences.
