Clair Obscur hits sales milestone
- Sandfall Interactive and publisher Kepler Interactive said on April 24 that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide in its first year. - The milestone came on the game’s first anniversary, alongside patch v1.5.5, new anniversary hairstyles, a free bonus soundtrack release, and a 20% Steam discount through April 30. - The RPG previously crossed 5 million copies in October 2025, showing continued momentum beyond launch for a new studio’s debut release. (gamespress.com)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive said on April 24, one year after the role-playing game launched. (gematsu.com) (sandfall.co) The game released on April 24, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and it was available on Xbox Game Pass at launch. (sandfall.co) (xbox.com) The anniversary update landed the same day as patch v1.5.5, adding “1st Anniversary” hairstyles, while Steam listed the base game at 20% off through April 30 and posted a free bonus soundtrack edition. (store.steampowered.com 1) (store.steampowered.com 2) Clair Obscur is a turn-based role-playing game with real-time inputs for dodges, parries, counters, and aiming. Kepler describes it as a Belle Époque France-inspired fantasy about Expedition 33 trying to stop the Paintress from erasing people by age. (kepler-interactive.com) (xbox.com) The sales figure extends a run that had already reached 5 million copies by October 8, 2025, according to a Sandfall and Kepler press release. That means the debut game from the Montpellier-based studio added at least 3 million copies in a little more than six months. (gamespress.com) Critical reception stayed unusually strong for a new intellectual property from a small studio. OpenCritic lists the game at a 92 top critic average with 98% of critics recommending it across 202 reviews. (opencritic.com) Steam currently labels the game “Steam Deck Top Played,” and Microsoft still features it as part of Game Pass across console, PC, cloud, and handheld-supported play. Those storefront placements keep the game visible well after its April 2025 launch window. (store.steampowered.com) (xbox.com) Sandfall’s October update also said the soundtrack had passed 333 million streams and spent more than 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical and Classical Crossover album charts. The studio used that milestone to tee up a larger free “Thank You” content update for players. (gamespress.com) A year after release, the clearest number is still the simplest one: more than 8 million copies sold for Sandfall’s first game, with the publisher pairing the anniversary beat to fresh in-game extras and another round of storefront promotion. (gematsu.com) (store.steampowered.com)
