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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Sandfall Interactive

2025•Strategy•PEGI 18•About 41 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evil

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Boxlist takeA fantastical strategy game that is expansive, polished and morally murky. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

89 / 100

1,002 ratings

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About This Game

Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

Summary: IGDB

Story

“Year by year, She erases us.” Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” And tomorrow we depart on our final mission - Destroy the Paintress, so she can never paint death again. We are Expedition 33.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyAll consuming questFighting evil

Keywords

Post-apocalypticExplorationViolenceCharacter customizationMagicTurn-basedJrpgDark fantasy

Where to play

Details

Developer: Sandfall Interactive
Publisher: Kepler Interactive
Released: 24 April 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 29h rushed, 41h normally, 79h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
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Source: IGDB

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