Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Release Date: April 24, 2025
RPG, TPP, fantasy, turn-based, jRPG, Game Pass, singleplayer
A third-person jRPG featuring a fantasy world inspired by the French belle epoque period. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 allows us to control a team of six characters tasked with defeating a hostile deity called the Paintress. We engage in turn-based battles with action elements. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a third-person jRPG with a turn-based combat system. The game 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. It was released by Kepler Interactive, which has Pacific Drive in its portfolio.
Game Pass
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was added to PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass subscription services on the day of its premiere.
Story
In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 we arrive in a fantasy land full of surrealistic opponents. A deadly deity called the Paintress watches over the land. It awakens once a year and paints a number on its 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, traveler Maelle, sorceress Lune, and warrior Sciel. During the journey, other companions and friendly legendary creatures join them.
Gameplay
We form and develop a team consisting of six characters, improving their statistics, skills and equipment. Depending on the style of play, we can create unique configurations, as each hero specializes in a different way of fighting.
Exploring diverse locations, we discover secrets of this strange world, such as mysterious places and hidden quests.
Turn-based combat has been interwoven with real-time skill based elements. The battles involve creation of defensive combinations, consisting of dodges and parries, as well as launching counters and series of attacks, during which we have to manually aim at the weak spots of enemies.
Romances
Unlike many traditional team-based action RPGs, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 doesn't offer any advanced romancing options with our companions. There are only smaller romances which are part of some of the side quests in the game.
Engine
The game is powered by Unreal Engine 5 technology.
Last updated on April 24, 2025
Last Update: April 11, 2025
Expedition 33 Guide
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 23, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review: A beautiful tour de force
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Videos and Screens
[2:22] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Launch Trailer
[10:41] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Behind the Scenes - Voices
Gamepressure Review
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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.
OpenCritic Rating
Game is Recomended by 100% of Critics. There are 106 Critic Reviews.
Windows Central: 4.5 / 5 by Brendan Lowry
Sandfall Interactive's debut RPG perfectly fuses the deep strategy of turn-based combat with the satisfying challenge and mastery of real-time action games, resulting in a wholly unique experience that sets itself apart. Together with the game's stellar storytelling, jaw-dropping presentation, and good overall performance, that makes it one of 2025's must-play titles — and a huge release for Xbox Game Pass.
COGconnected: 80 / 100 by Mark Steighner
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PC Gamer: 70 / 100 by Justin Wagner
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's gorgeously realized world is let down by its emphasis on combat, marred by a few fatal stumbles.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Sandfall Interactive
Publisher: Kepler Interactive
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: (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: (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
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April 28, 2025
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