Release Date: April 24, 2025
A third-person jRPG featuring a fantasy world inspired by the French belle epoque period. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 allows us to lead a team of diverse characters tasked with defeating a hostile deity called the Paintress. We engage in turn-based battles with action elements (parries, dodges, QTE's). The game runs on Unreal Engine 5.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a third-person jRPG with a turn-based combat system. The title is inspired by the Belle Epoque, a French artistic period from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This is the debut project of Sandfall Interactive studio. The game was released by Kepler Interactive, which has Pacific Drive in their portfolio.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was made available on the release day on subscription services PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass. It is also available for purchase through traditional distribution, including Steam.
In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 we arrive in a fantasy land full of surrealistic opponents. A powerful, deadly creature called the Paintress watches over the land. Once a year she awakens and paints a number on her Monolith. Everyone who is at this age turns into dust and dies.
The plot of the game focuses on an expedition, the goal of which is to defeat the Paintress and stop the cycle before it consumes the generation of 33-year-olds. The expedition includes engineer Gustav, his sister Maelle, researcher Lune, and warrior Sciel. They travel the ruined continent during their journey and other companions and friendly legendary creatures join them.
We watch the action in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from behind our character (TPP view).
During the adventure, we lead a three-person team (formed from six playable characters), improving the statistics, skills and equipment of its members. Depending on the style of play, we can create unique configurations and synergies between heroes. Each member of the team specializes in a different way of fighting.
Exploring diverse locations, we discover secrets, such as mysterious places and hidden tasks, as well as learn the fate of previous expeditions sent against the Paintress.
Turn-based combat typical for the jRPG genre is interwoven with real-time skill elements, mainly implemented in the form of QTE sequences. Battles involve rhythmic creation of defensive combinations, consisting of dodges and parries, as well as launching counters and series of attacks, during which we can manually aim at the weak spots of enemies.
Unlike many traditional team-based RPG games, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 does not offer extensive romance options with companions. Romantic bits are woven into the main storyline and individual side quests. However, there is no shortage of classic relationship building with companions and learning about their past while resting at the camp.
The game is powered by Unreal Engine 5 technology, which allowed for the creation of detailed and artistic locations.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Sandfall Interactive
Publisher: Kepler Interactive
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review: A beautiful tour de force
Simply put, Sandfall Interactive’s debut game is a masterclass in presentation, storytelling, and gameplay. It’s a game you need to play to experience.
Last update: April 11, 2025
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 guide is the best tips and tricks, for combat, character development. We describe all characters, upgrades, weapons, skills, all enemies and bosses, system requirements, game length, trophies.
April 2, 2025
It's remaster time, again! There are also several ambitious AA games on the horizon and a highly awaited RTS.
The creator of A Way Out, It Takes Two, and Split Fiction fears that the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will turn big publishers to AA games. However, he sincerely hopes for a completely different scenario.
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Hubert Sledziewski
January 14, 2026
The debut work of the Sandfall Interactive studio made history, surpassing The Last of Us Part 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and The Witcher 3 in terms of the number of Game of the Year titles won.
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Peter Doron
January 7, 2026
Before the release, the developers of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 assumed that reviews of the game might allow it to hit a metascore of 80/100. In the end, they were „slightly” wrong.
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Martin Bukowski
December 31, 2025
Every year, Geoff Keighley's Game Awards is a great opportunity to reflect on the past year, even if it often seems more preoccupied with what comes next.
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Matt Buckley
December 17, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 once again beat Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - the French game not only collected more awards at The Game Awards 2025, but also sold significantly better since its nomination.
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Krzysztof Kaluzinski
December 17, 2025
Sandfall Interactive has released a major update to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It introduces a new location, music tracks, boss fights, and more.
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Martin Bukowski
December 12, 2025
The Game Awards 2025 pointed out the best games of the year. It is no great surprise that when it comes to the most important awards, there were no surprises.
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Hubert Sledziewski
December 12, 2025
The Game Awards 2025 is an expensive event, and even nominated developers may have trouble coming in more than 2 people.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 11, 2025
The developers of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have made it clear what they think about using „creative” AI for game development.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 4, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive has won the hearts of players, becoming this year's biggest third-party launch on Xbox Game Pass.
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Kamil Kleszyk
December 4, 2025
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System Requirements for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
(30 fps, 1080p) Intel Core i7-7800K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 6 GB GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 5600 XT, 55 GB SSD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
(60 fps, 1080p) Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / 16 GB Radeon RX 6800 XT, 55 GB SSD, Windows 11 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Video Game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review: A beautiful tour de force
Simply put, Sandfall Interactive’s debut game is a masterclass in presentation, storytelling, and gameplay. It’s a game you need to play to experience.
Game is Recomended by 100% of Critics. There are 200 Critic Reviews.
GameGrin: 10 / 10 by Jacob Sanderson
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a masterpiece from start to finish, a beautiful and deeply moving journey.
NextPlay: 10 / 10 by Alex Beaty
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has absolutely blown me away in every possible way. The game positions itself masterfully, exploring grief through the eyes of its characters as they hope for the future in spite of the journey ahead. Exploring Lumiere and the continent is a thrill, with enemies aplenty and battles that feel equally challenging and satisfying. It’s a stunning RPG that pulls at your emotions with its clever portrayal of hope. If you’re avoiding this one because of the turn-based gameplay, then I suggest you pipe down and let this game become your new obsession because it’s unforgettable. Do it for those who come after!
GameOnly: 5 / 5
Let yourself be consumed by this world. Let the emotions sweep you away. Just remember — you won’t be the same person when you finish Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Clair Obscur is to the jRPG genre what The Last of Us was to TPP games in its time — sure, the budgets and studio sizes are incomparable, but this title is one of the biggest surprises of the last decade.
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