Clair Obscur: Expidition 33, following a wave of glowing reviews, is off to a great start. Launching yesterday, the game has already surpassed 50,000 concurrent players on Steam, which is pretty darn good for a single player RPG.
This figure can be found on SteamDB, a data aggregate website that gathers information from the largest PC gaming platform Steam, which shows that the all-time peak for Clair Obscure since its release was a sturdy 51,922. That’s just on PC too, this figure doesn’t take into account players on consoles, which Clair Obscur still has a presence on.
Clair Obscur: Expidition 33 was created by a French developer called Sandfall Interactive, an indie developer that worked on Clair Obscur as its first-ever game. This, it appears, has proven to be a mighty strong first impression. In our own review of the game, our editor Dom Peppiat lathered praise upon the game stating: “If you have ever loved role-playing games, ever, you owe it to yourself to play this. It has the capacity to touch you.”
With single player games you’ll likely see this figure drop in the coming weeks, due to day-one players hitting credits and ultimately moving on from the game. However, word of mouth does wonders with this sort of game, as it’ll result in new players flocking to the title to hear what all the fuss is about. It’s also worth noting that this weekend we may see another surge of players, and people decide to spend their days off exploring the world Sandfall has created.
As a final note, Clair Obscur: Expidition 33 is also on Game Pass! This will surely act as another motivater for folks to try it out. Currently retails at £41.99 (or your regional equivilant) full price, though it does have a nice little 10% discount right now. Still, if you’re tight on cash then Game Pass is a nice alternative.
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