Sandfall Interactive — a small development team in France, have come out swinging with their smash hit debut title “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”. A turn-based RPG with stunning visual fidelity, gorgeous soundtrack and a mysterious and riveting story that that has the whole gaming industry buzzing.

Seemingly appearing out of nowhere, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dropped in on the 24th of April 2025 and in it’s first 3 days of release had already acquired 1 million sales, on top of thousands of positive reviews on various online platforms.

Above And Beyond

The accolades seemingly continue to roll for this talented group of developers with the game reaching new levels of esteem, amassing a user score of 9.7 out of 10 based on over 9,000 user reviews on Metacritic. It takes the lead as the most critically acclaimed video game of 2025 thus far beating out other popular titles such as “Blue Prince”, “Kingdom Come: Deliverance II” and “Split Fiction”.

The hype continues to snowball with Sandfall. As they officially announced on their X account that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had officially reached 2,000,000 copies sold.

In addition to the swell of positivity surrounding Sandfall Interactive and the sheer success of their debut title — it was a surprise to see the President of France ‘Emmanuel Macron’ took to Instagram to promote the achievements of his countrymen and women.

In conclusion, with the lack of AAA gaming titles releasing in the months of April and May, and with the passion and expertise shown in Sandfall’s team, it was the ‘perfect storm’ that surged positivity toward the conduit of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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