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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Getting Close to Matching What Very Few JRPGs Have Done

2025’s Game of the Year has passed another milestone and is close to doing what very few games in its genre have achieved. 

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is currently celebrating its one-year anniversary and, at the same time, has officially surpassed another major sales milestone, making it one of the best-selling games in its genre.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 8 million copies

Winning the hearts and minds of gamers when it was released last April, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 went on to receive a ton of accolades. It’s the most nominated game in Game Awards history, and even took home the most awards of any game in the show’s decade-long history, too, winning nine awards, including Game of the Year. The French RPG even dethroned FromSoftware’s 2022 masterpiece Elden Ring as the most awarded video game of all time. Additionally, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 currently holds the highest user score of any video game ever on Metacritic.

Calling Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 unique would be an understatement. It’s the very first game from new French studio Sandfall Interactive, and its enthralling turn-based combat was heavily inspired by Japanese RPGs, specifically the........

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