Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is The Top Reviewed Game Of The Year, And Has Sold Half A Million Copies Already

What
a
week!
Not
only
did
we
get
the
announcement
and
launch
of

The
Elder
Scrolls
IV:
Oblivion
Remastered,
but
we
also
got
Clair
Obscur:
Expedition
33
from
Sandfall
Interactive.
Made
by
a
team
of
just
30
people,
Expedition
33
has
claimed
the
top
spot
as
the
highest
reviewed
game
of
the
year
so
far.

On
Metacritic,
the
game,
which
stars
several
big
name
actor
includes
Andy
Serkis,

currently
holds
an
aggregated
review
score
of
92
out
of
100.
That
makes
it
the
highest
rated
game
of
the
year
so
far,
although
it
is
technically
tied
with
Blue
Prince
which
released
a
few
weeks
ago.
However,
because
Expedition
33
has
more
reviews
it
gets
to
claim
the
top
spot.

It’s
the
same
over
on
Opencritic,
where
Expedition
33
boasts
an
aggregate
score
of
91,
again
giving
it
the
top
spot.
Second
place
is
held
by
Split
Fiction
with
a
score
of
90.

A
milestone
for
us,
reached
sooner
than
we’d
ever
imagined.

Thank
you
all.

pic.twitter.com/cZrghh1K3m

—
Clair
Obscur:
Expedition
33
(@expedition33)

April
25,
2025

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On
top
of
that
success,
Sandfall
Interactive
has
also
announced
that
Clair
Obsciur:
Expedition
33
has
sold
500,000
copies
in
its
first
24
hours.
That’s
a
very
impressive
for
a
brand
new
IP.
It’s
also
managed
that
feat
while
being
available
to
Game
Pass
subscribers.

According
to
Sandfall’s
tweet,
they
hit
this
milestone
sooner
than
they
imagined,
so
I
can
only
assume
they
are
satisfied
with
the
game’s
performance.

Unfortunately,
we
have
no
idea
how
much
the
game
cost
to
make.
The
small
development
team
of
just
30
people,
mostly
former
Ubisoft
employees,
has
done
insanely
well
to
make
it
look
as
beautiful
as
it
does
and
will
have
helped
keep
costs
low.
However,
there’s
some
very
expensive
voice
actors
in
the
game,
so
that
might
have
ramped
the
budget
up
somewhat.

But
while
we
can’t
judge
the
budget
accurately,
we
can
at
least
get
an
idea
of
how
much
money
the
game
has
brought
in
so
far.
With
a
$40
price
tag
and
assuming
all
500,000
customers
paid
that
price
for
it,
Clair
Obscur:
Expedition
33
has
dragged
in
roughly
$20
million
so
far.