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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)

Sandfall Interactive

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

4.64 from 1134 ratings · #16 top rated on Grouvee

2743 members have it in their collection · 240 playing now · 580 backlogged · 555 wish listed

How long? Main story 35h · with extras 56h · 100% 78h (from 136 logged playthroughs)

Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

Details

Developers
Sandfall Interactive
Publishers
Kepler Interactive
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Events
Taipei Game Show 2026, Galaxies, Future Games Show: Spring Showcase 2025, Xbox Developer_Direct 2025, Convergence Games Showcase 2024, Xbox Games Showcase 2024
Steam
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Release dates

  • Apr 24, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

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Rating distribution

5 stars
874
4 stars
166
3 stars
50
2 stars
30
1 star
14

Community All Reviews Statuses

Gangreen

Status Gangreen Jul 18, 2025

I haven't encountered a technical problem with game saves for years, so much so I welcomed all the streamlining we have with cloud saves and no in-game ability to load old saves. Until today.

My 40-hour game save got corrupted somehow. I don't know if I should blame Microsoft's Gamepass syncing or my Rog Ally X that keeps freakin' crashing. …

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I haven't encountered a technical problem with game saves for years, so much so I welcomed all the streamlining we have with cloud saves and no in-game ability to load old saves. Until today.

My 40-hour game save got corrupted somehow. I don't know if I should blame Microsoft's Gamepass syncing or my Rog Ally X that keeps freakin' crashing. Of course, the old games saves are there somewhere if you can figure out the right black magic to make the game recognize them instead of syncing the corrupt version. After a lot of wrangling I managed to get back one version of the save that was only a couple hours behind my progress. I don't know if I should push my luck and try to find the most recent non-corrupt save, or just cut my losses and use the one that works?

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CorporateClone

Status CorporateClone Jul 16, 2025

Still playing this game. I know, it's been a couple of months now. I reached the final section of the game a while ago, but now I'm tracking down every side quest and optional boss/battle I can find on the map. This game makes me so angry, and I can't stop playing it. Feels like my time with Dark Souls. …

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Still playing this game. I know, it's been a couple of months now. I reached the final section of the game a while ago, but now I'm tracking down every side quest and optional boss/battle I can find on the map. This game makes me so angry, and I can't stop playing it. Feels like my time with Dark Souls. Probably won't stop until I turn every stone, look in every corner, and navigate every parkour challenge.

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Gangreen

Status Gangreen Jul 6, 2025

Man, I stumbled into a fantastic sequence of effects with Lune. It can absolutely wreck the enemies on the 3rd turn. I am by no means an expert at optimizing my builds but I found a few setups that work really well together. One of the most rewarding parts of this game is getting that cascading combo from one character …

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Man, I stumbled into a fantastic sequence of effects with Lune. It can absolutely wreck the enemies on the 3rd turn. I am by no means an expert at optimizing my builds but I found a few setups that work really well together. One of the most rewarding parts of this game is getting that cascading combo from one character to the next such that the enemy doesn't even get a turn.

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Vallejo

Status Vallejo Jun 30, 2025

Finished Act 2.

Yeah dude, this is Game of the Year.

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Vallejo

Status Vallejo Jun 25, 2025

Yeah, last night finished Act I and now I just want to curl up in bed put on some Sufjan Stevens and cry myself to sleep fucking hell.

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Roach

Status Roach Jun 23, 2025

Logged in to see Clair Obscur "just" released last April lmao.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Jun 17, 2025

I miss this game. I hope it comes to Switch 2, then I will probably buy it, just because I like to reward excellence.

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ElizabethTheWicked

Status ElizabethTheWicked Jun 16, 2025

Having spent more time with it after finishing, I wish I could score this game even higher.

It's decadent at times but that fits the theme. Every little piece of it fits the theme so well. Every corner contains something more that is a joy to discover. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I'm just …

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Having spent more time with it after finishing, I wish I could score this game even higher.

It's decadent at times but that fits the theme. Every little piece of it fits the theme so well. Every corner contains something more that is a joy to discover. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I'm just content to revisit this world after I've done all it has to offer. I just enjoy being here. Which is ironic, given the theme

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Malus

Status Malus Jun 15, 2025

What a fantastic game. Definitely GotY.

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Poro

Status Poro Jun 14, 2025

I got lost in this game. I'm not a big fan of turn-based games but this one's fine. The parry/dodge mechanic can use some tighter timing but it's not a big deal once you understand the right moment to parry the attacks.

However, screw that Raft minigame.

And screw the end of Act I. You can keep Verso …

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I got lost in this game. I'm not a big fan of turn-based games but this one's fine. The parry/dodge mechanic can use some tighter timing but it's not a big deal once you understand the right moment to parry the attacks.

However, screw that Raft minigame.

And screw the end of Act I. You can keep Verso for all I care, I just want Gustave back.

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Veever

Status Veever Jun 7, 2025

First game I've ever passively reached platinum just by playing the way I like to. I'm sure I could compose a running list of at least 33 reasons I now hold this game near and dear to my heart.

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Skoo

Status Skoo Jun 6, 2025

Biggest inconsistency: Verso has sex with both Lune and Sciel, then screams he doesn't want this existence 😂

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jias333

Status jias333 Jun 1, 2025

A fantastic triump of a game, story, music, gameplay, technical aspects all excellent!

While the game is truly a marvel if I did have to level any criticism it would be that act 3 is a bit of a mess from both a difficulty, direction and balance perspective. I wish act 3 was still as linear as act 2 with …

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A fantastic triump of a game, story, music, gameplay, technical aspects all excellent!

While the game is truly a marvel if I did have to level any criticism it would be that act 3 is a bit of a mess from both a difficulty, direction and balance perspective. I wish act 3 was still as linear as act 2 with the tight direction, pacing and challenge of the rest of the game and then fully open up the world and completely remove the damage cap in the epilogue. Damage cap in A3 should go up maybe by 1 decimal place to 99,999 because sadly as someone who made some solid builds for his characters and did a few too many side activities before heading to the final boss, I absolutely trivialized him and it somewhat lessened what should have been a epic final encounter.

All that said the game is still absolutely fantastic but a tighter A3 could make it all but perfect!

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Kenchiin

Status Kenchiin May 29, 2025

Here I go, hoping I am not too late to the party!

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