{"id":292585,"date":"2025-04-28T18:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-has-sold-1-million-copies-in-3-days-of-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:40:26","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33-has-sold-1-million-copies-in-3-days-of-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-has-sold-1-million-copies-in-3-days-of-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Sold 1 Million Copies in 3 Days of Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a>, the new turn-based RPG from Sandfall Interactive, has sold one million copies in three days of launch. Publisher Kepler Interactive confirmed the milestone in an X post on Sunday, marking a phenomenal achievement for the new IP. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has also become the highest rated game of 2025 on review aggregator website Metacritic, surpassing acclaimed games like Blue Prince, Split Fiction and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.<\/p>\n

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells 1 Million Copies<\/h2>\n

Kepler Interactive confirmed the RPG had crossed one million in sales on Sunday. The update came after the publisher announced<\/a> the game had surpassed 5,00,000 units sold in one day after it launched on April 24. \u201cThank you for believing in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.\u201d the official handle of the game on X posted Sunday.<\/p>\n

It’s a remarkable achievement for a new IP, especially considering Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Sandfall Interactive’s first game. With the overwhelmingly positive player response, the sales figure is likely to rise quickly in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has also had a successful launch on Steam<\/a>. The game has reached a peak concurrent player count<\/a> of over 1,20,000 on the platform \u2014 another impressive figure considering the turn-based RPG is available on Xbox Game Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Highest Rated Game of 2025<\/h2>\n

The game’s commercial performance is matched by its critical reception. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has become the best reviewed game of 2025. On Metacritic<\/a>, the RPG is sitting at an overall score of 92, making it the top-rated game of the year so far ahead of indie roguelike puzzle game Blue Prince<\/a> and co-op action-adventure title Split Fiction<\/a>. On OpenCritic<\/a>, Clair Obscur is the highest rated game of 2025, too, with an overall scroe of 91, ahead of Split Fiction and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We are currently the top reviewed game on @metacritic<\/a> for 2025.<\/p>\n

Speechless.<\/p>\n

So many incredible games have been released this year.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

Thank you, thank you, thank you. pic.twitter.com\/Gg7ABd6o7g<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (@expedition33) April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 released across PC<\/a>, PS5<\/a> and Xbox Series<\/a> S\/X on April 24. PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can access the game for free. The turn-based RPG takes inspiration from Japanese games from the genre like Final Fantasy. Set in a dark fantasy world, the game follows volunteers of Expedition 33 who set out to destroy the Paintress, a goddess who threatens to wipe out all life on the planet.<\/p>\n

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