Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Celebrates Impressive First-Year Sales

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made waves when it launched in early 2025, going on to earn numerous Game of the Year awards later on in the year. Now, in a recent announcement, Sandfall Interactive has officially announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold over 8 million copies since it launched, which is an impressive milestone for a relatively small indie studio, especially for a genre that generally appeals to a smaller subset of the overall gaming audience.

This is yet another indication of the comeback of original single-player games that has been ongoing in the last few years, with other single-player games, like Crimson Desert and Pragmata also hitting it big in the first half of 2026. Sandfall Interactive has also announced a new update for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that adds fun new cosmetics in celebration of the milestone and of the game’s one-year anniversary.

The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Anniversary Update notes read:

Expeditioners!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!! The details of this patch are written out below:

New content

• Added 1st Anniversary haircuts for the expedition!
• Gustave’s Anniversary haircut is available at the Gestral Merchant near Stone Wave Cliffs.
• Verso + Maelle + Lune + Sciel + Monoco’s Anniversary haircuts are available at the Gestral Merchant near Grosse Tête on the World Map.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Danseuse outfit for Lune and Sciel made the character menu too obscur.
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to open a rest point in various locations when an in-world dialogue was playing.
• Fixed collision issues in various locations.
• Adjusted some achievement text for consistency.
• We’ve noticed something went wrong after adjusting this, we’re investigating now to resolve the issue
• Fixed the issue! We’ve readjusted some of the achievement descriptions back to the correct achievements. Thank you for your patience!!

As always, thanks for your support and for your reports via the official Typeform – and most importantly, thank you for all of your support this entire year!! We wish you a wonderful anniversary day and hope you enjoy some cake to celebrate with us!