Awarded gamesGames of the Year
Breakthrough AwardClair Obscur: Expedition 33
General Description
| Title | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|---|
| Release | 2025/4/24 |
| Price | 7,400yen(tax included) |
| Platform | PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Windows / Steam / Epic Games Store |
| Platform | SEGA CORPORATION |
| Publisher | Kepler Interactive |
| Developer | Sandfall Interactive |
| URL | https://www.expedition33.com/ |
| Copyright | ©2025 Sandfall Interactive SAS - Published by Kepler Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. |
Breakthrough Award Reason
This is a turn-based RPG, taking place in a fantastic world using Belle Époque in France at the end of the 19th century as a motif. Players organize an expedition to take on a life-or-death mission.
A cursed number painted on the Monolyth by a mysterious girl the “Paintress,” who wakes up once a year.
To prevent terrifying phenomena where people with the age equal to the number disappear in smoke, players aim at slaying the “Paintress.”
The game won the award because the Selection Committee evaluated it built a unique battle system called the “reactive turn-based RPG” by multiplying the turn-based RPG with real-time actions such as parry, free aim, and others.
Work Introduction
And every year, those who reach the age become smoke and disappear before long.
You have to fight for tomorrow as a member of “Expedition 33.”
Let’s start an epic adventure to save all that’s left in the world. Explore the colorful world, find new friends, and break the cycle of death repeated by the Paintress.
Enjoy the experimental strategies and the deep and rich combat system rewarding player’s skills./p>
Comment of the game producer
It is a great honor for us to receive such a wonderful award.
Please allow us to use this opportunity to offer our thanks to everyone who has supported our game and studio.
There is no doubt our dream has come true.
Expedition 33 is inspired by many wonderful JRPGs, which we have been familiar with and loved since young children.
That is why it is very important for the studio to be evaluated in Japan. The evaluation is so meaningful for us.
This recognition is a great honor.
In the future, we would lie to keep on giving wonderful experiences to fans in both Japan and in the world.
Tomorrow comes!
- The Sandfall Interactive team