Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Part 6 FInale GOTY Join the Discord / discord Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [b] is a 2025 role-playing video game developed by French studio Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. Set in a dark fantasy Belle Époque setting, the game follows the volunteers of Expedition 33 as they set out to destroy the Paintress, a being causing the yearly Gommage, which erases those at or above an ever-decreasing age. In the game, the player controls a party of characters from a third-person perspective, exploring areas and engaging in combat. Its turn-based mechanics feature real-time aspects such as quick time events and timed actions in combat. The project originated in 2019 with Guillaume Broche, a Ubisoft employee, who left the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to form Sandfall with friends and contacts, steadily establishing a core team of 30 developers that came to be supported by various production partners. Inspired by Japanese RPGs that shaped their youth such as the Final Fantasy and Persona series, the developers at Sandfall sought to create a high-fidelity turn-based role-playing game, which they felt was neglected by AAA studios. Development began with Unreal Engine 4 and later switched to Unreal Engine 5, providing rendering improvements. In January 2025, Story Kitchen announced a live-action adaptation of the game in collaboration with Sandfall.[3] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was released for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on 24 April 2025, and was available from day one on Xbox Game Pass. The game received universal acclaim from critics for its narrative, art direction, game direction, original soundtrack, gameplay and voice acting. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was nominated for and won several awards. It became the most awarded title in The Game Awards history, receiving 9 wins during The Game Awards 2025 out of 13 nominations. It received Game of the Year at both it and the Golden Joystick Awards, and appeared on several publications' lists of best games of 2025. By October 2025, it had sold over 5 million units.