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The big Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 interview: Sandfall and Kepler on team size, the return of AA games, and what's next
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reviews, pros and cons. Liked: Tells an emotionally engaging story with a cast of compelling characters ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Publisher Says Brevity Should Be More of a Virtue in Gaming
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reaches a fitting sales milestone: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now sold 3.3m copies since its release last month.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Development Cost Less Than Mirror’s Edge: "I would say that I've seen a lot of budget estimations that are all higher ...
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'Brevity should be more of a virtue': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's devs are happy they made an 'intense and short' 30-60 hours of RPG
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Devs Already Have Ideas For Their Next Game: Sandfall Interactive, the studio behind 2025 hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ...
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After the mega-success of the role-playing game: Developers of Clair Obscur give the industry a valuable tip
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Clair Obscur wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2026: Sandfall Interactive's RPG won five awards, while Suckerpunch Productions' Ghost of Yōtei took home four ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Final Boss Was Underpowered Because Sandfall Underestimated Completionists
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Team Admits the RPG's Success Has Surprised Them — 'It Was Not Supposed to Be Big' - IGN
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First Game of the Year Award already in the bag – French hit role-playing game cleans up
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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is becoming a movie: This Hollywood star, of all people, wants a role!
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Tops 4.4 million sales - IGN: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now sold 4.4 million copies, staff at developer Sandfall Interactive ...
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Expedition 33 releases free bonus edition soundtrack as "a special thank you": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 developer Sandfall has released an alternate cut of its ...
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Druckmann Labels Expedition 33 Among The "Most Moving, Creative Stories" He's Played - PSX Extreme
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The Best Game Of 2025 So Far Gets Discounted For The First Time On PSN: The Best Game Of 2025 So Far Gets Discounted For The First Time On PSN ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Charlie Cox says he feels “like a total fraud” as fans praise performance he recorded “for four hours, maybe”
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Hideo Kojima believes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs have the perfect team size with “33 team members and a dog”
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs hope players will support more $40 or $50 games as publishers hope GTA 6 will charge gamers $100 to play
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Key FactsSmaller Games Challenge Rising AAA Price Trend
May 30, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- AAA games like GTA 6 may soon reach $100, creating opportunities for more affordable titles in the market.
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 delivers high production value and story at a $40–50 price point.
- Some consumers initially doubted the game's length and quality due to its lower cost, but the developers maintained their pricing strategy.
- The success of smaller, focused projects demonstrates viability beyond the expensive AAA game model.
I think as that AAA price goes up, I think it creates more of an opportunity to be launching games – more sensibly scoped games – [and] pricing them at that $40–50 range.— Matthew Handrahan, portfolio director of Kepler Interactive, explained this in a recent interview with Games Industry.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s story hits even harder the second time around: After completing Clair Obscur, my partner started playing, and I couldn’t help but ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Better Steam Reviews Than Every Mainline Final Fantasy Game
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Here’s How To Beat That Damn Lampmaster In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: We do not love lamp. We'll show you how to turn off their lights for good
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Esquie Plushie Is Coming Soon: It seems there are a lot of fake plushies of everybody's favourite character ...
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Quick! Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer will soon nerf the game's best move: UPDATE 08/05/25: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Patch 1.2.3 is now live ...
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Plenty of People Are Playing Expedition 33 on PS5, Despite Having to Actually Buy It
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Dev Team Is Bigger Than You've Heard, But Not By Much
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