‘You’ve seen the number of releases from AAA publishers dwindle and dwindle and dwindle’: Clair Obscur’s runaway success was helped by staying smaller scale in a world of inflated budgets
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a tight, 30-hour RPG from a relatively small team that, since release, has sold over 3.3 million copies. In short, it’s been a resounding success—singular and distinct, it looks and feels like nothing else around. It’s a game that’s particularly interesting when compared to probably the most well-known turn-based RPG…