Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive has introduced that the turn-based RPG by no means stopped promoting properly. The sport, which got here out simply over one month in the past, has now bought over 3.3 million copies worldwide.
That determine was achieved 33 days after launch, which is simply the good bit symmetry you like to see for a recreation like this.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s success started at launch, when the sport quickly shot up the Steam charts, selling a million copies in its first three days, a determine that stunned even its personal creators.
That 1 million was made all of the extra spectacular by the truth that Expedition 33 launched into Recreation Move, that means that you simply didn’t have to purchase a duplicate to play it. Present Recreation Move members, or any of the tens of millions who usually subscribe for one month every time a scorching new launch comes out, don’t issue into these gross sales figures.
Expedition 33 additionally launched proper up in opposition to the highly-anticipated – and long-rumoured – launch of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, and never even that seems to have impacted the gross sales potential of the brand new recreation.
Sandfall later introduced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gross sales had handed 2 million copies. Which brings us to right this moment’s information of three.3 million. The truth that it was achieved in 33 days is de facto simply icing on the cake.
Thirty-three days in the past, we launched Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Since then, we’ve bought 3.3 million copies.
Severely. As of right this moment.
We couldn’t make that up.
One other entry on the lengthy listing of surreal moments that your assist has made actual.
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Even exterior of recreation circles, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been recognised by people such as French President Emmanuel Macron, who praised the French recreation’s “audacity and creativity.” Shortly after launch, the sport’s wonderful soundtrack landed the number one spot on Billboard’s Classical Album Charts, too.
Sandfall continues to work on the sport, not too long ago hinting at a Switch 2 model, and the potential for some form of DLC.