Summary
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold only 9,825 physical units in Japan.
- However, it's unclear how digital sales have been in the region.
- Currently, Clair Obscur is a fan-favorite choice for 2025's Game of the Year.
New reports indicate that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has struggled to sell copies in Japan. This information may seem surprising to some gamers due to the heavy JRPG influence found in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and the fact that the title has continued to be a big hit in the West.
Released last month, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 2 million copies in its 12 days on store shelves. This is an incredibly impressive number, especially when considering that the game was released soon after Oblivion Remastered, another greatly successful title, and that it’s currently available via the Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
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Now, new reports from Famitsu (via Gematsu) have indicated that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold only 9,825 physical units in Japan between its launch and May 4, 2025. While this may seem surprising at first glance, some aspects may help to explain the low sales count. For one, the data does not count digital sales, so gamers who acquired Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 via Steam will not appear in this statistic, and it’s unknown if developer Sandfall Interactive and publisher Kepler Interactive sent out many physical copies of the game to Japan. Physical units of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are already scarce in the West, so the same could be happening in Japan, and this may be negatively affecting sales. In any case, it’s not entirely expected to see a game with such strong Japanese inspirations selling so poorly in the region.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Had Sold Less Than 10,000 Physical Copies in Japan
Critically, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues to be a wild success. Not only does the title currently hold an average critic score of 92 on OpenCritic, but it’s also being praised by the majority of voices in the industry. For example, Stellar Blade director Kim Hyung-tar recently praised Clair Obscur, revealing that the title was his favorite game of 2025 so far, and that he spent over 90 hours playing the RPG to obtain its Platinum Trophy.
Despite the wide success of the new RPG, Sandfall Interactive does not have plans for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 DLC. According to studio co-founders Guillaume Broche and Tom Guillermin, the developer is currently not working on any kind of paid DLC, and most of the current goals are focused on improving the base game. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 recently saw an update which got rid of multiple bugs that were plaguing the title, and also nerfed Maelle’s Stendhal ability, which was seen as too overpowered by the developers due to its incredible damage output.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 92 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- April 24, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Sandfall Interactive
- Publisher(s)
- Kepler Interactive
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Genre(s)
- Turn-Based RPG, JRPG, Fantasy
