Sandfall Interactive has introduced that its turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has reached a enjoyable gross sales milestone in a really applicable variety of days.
Talking on Bluesky, Sandfall says that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has reached 3.3 million gross sales in 33 days. Because the studio says, it “could not make that up”; Sandfall describes the milestone as “one other entry on the lengthy checklist of surreal moments that [fans’] help has made actual”.
The brand new gross sales milestone implies that Clair Obscur has picked up one other 1.3 million gross sales for itself within the final three weeks, so whereas gross sales have maybe slowed down a tad since launch, the sport continues to be performing admirably.
Proper out of the gate, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 proved widespread with gamers, managing to promote 500,000 copies inside its first 24 hours on sale.
These gross sales milestones are notably spectacular contemplating that Sandfall’s recreation is on the market by way of Recreation Cross, which implies that 3.3 million gamers have picked the sport up outdoors of Microsoft’s subscription service.
Should you’re not conversant in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, it is a turn-based RPG during which you play because the titular Expedition 33, a bunch who should set out from the Paris-inspired metropolis of Lumiere to hunt out and defeat a determine often called the Paintress.
On the planet of the sport, the Paintress paints a quantity annually, and everybody of that age dies. The quantity decreases by one annually, and so it is as much as Expedition 33 to determine what is going on on and put a cease to it if doable.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 mixes conventional JRPG-style overworld and dungeon exploration with a turn-based fight system that additionally features a real-time parry mechanic, so in the event you like your turn-based battling with a bit extra spice, this one’s for you.
You may take a look at Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 proper now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S, and you’ll learn our Erren’s assessment of the sport right here.