| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | |
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| Developer(s) | Sandfall Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Kepler Interactive |
| Composer(s) | Lorien Testard |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 5 |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | 2025 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an upcoming dark fantasy role-playing video game developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. It is set to release in 2025.
Clair Obscur is a turn based RPG that includes real time aspects such as quick time events and timing-based actions both in offense and defense. [1] [2] In defense, all attacks can be either dodged or parried. [1] [2]
Clair Obscur takes place in a Belle Époque setting. [1] [3] The protagonists Gustave (Charlie Cox), Maelle (Jennifer English), Lune (Kirsty Rider), Sciel (Shala Nyx), Renoir (Andy Serkis) and Verso (Ben Starr) attempt to stop the Paintress, whose god-like powers can kill everyone of a given age she draws in the sky. [2] [4] [5] [6]
Sandfall Interactive is based in France. [4] According to CEO and creative director Guillaume Broche, one of the goals of Clair Obscur was to create a high fidelity turn based RPG, which he felt had been neglected by AAA game developers. [1] According to Broche, Clair Obscur takes inspiration from Japanese role-playing games, with Broche noting the Final Fantasy and Persona series' specifically. [7]
The development team consists of about 30 people. [3] [5] Development initially began in Unreal Engine 4 but later switched to Unreal Engine 5 to take advantage of Unreal Engine 5's improvements in rendering and animation. [3] [5]
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