“Year by year, She erases us.”
Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone past that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” A...
Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone past that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” And tomorrow we depart on our final mission - Destroy the Paintress, so she can never paint death again.
We are Expedition 33.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a ground-breaking turn-based RPG with unique real-time mechanics, making battles more immersive and addictive than ever. Explore a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque France in which you battle devastating enemies.
Reactive Turn-based Combat
In this evolution of JRPGs, real-time actions enhance the heart of turn-based combat. Craft unique builds for your Expeditioners that fit your playstyle via gear, stats, skills, and character synergies. Open an active dimension in combat - dodge, parry, and counter in real time, chain combos by mastering attack rhythms, and target enemy weak points using a free aim system.
“Tomorrow Comes”
With only one year left to live, join Gustave, Maelle, and their fellow Expeditioners as they embark upon a desperate quest to break the Paintress’ cycle of death. Follow the trail of previous expeditions and discover their fate. Get to know the members of Expedition 33 as they learn to work together against impossible odds.
A Hauntingly Beautiful World
Explore an enchanting realm populated by surreal adversaries. Wander through breathtaking landscapes, from the Island of Visages to the Forgotten Battlefield, discovering secrets and hidden quests along the way. Find allies of fortune in creatures of legend. Recruit special companions to access new travel methods and discover secret areas in the World Map.
Experience the debut game from Sandfall Interactive, fully realized in Unreal Engine 5 with stunning graphics and a heartbreaking soundtrack.
Developed by Sandfall Interactive. Published by Kepler Interactive. All rights reserved.
Popular achievements
Time to Spill Some Ink
Break an enemy.
common
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68.46%
Lumina
Consume a Lumina point.
common
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38.47%
Overcharge
With Gustave, use a fully charged Overcharge that Breaks an enemy.
common
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62.05%
Lumière
Embark on the Expedition.
common
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74.35%
A Peculiar Encounter
Defeat the Mime in Lumière.
common
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43.15%
Curious
Witness an optional scene at camp.
common
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39.86%
Paint Cage
Break a Paint Cage.
common
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51.04%
Weapon Upgrade
Upgrade a weapon once.
common
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40.55%
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Absolute fantastic atmosphere and story. Combat has a nice strategy side to it, despite having THE best timing element I have ever encountered.
I've missed this in a game since the first Witcher game.
Only for the story, the world, the characters, the atmosphere, and the music I advice you to play this game.
And paying full price is actually okay for a game of this level.
Great characters, great art direction, good combat that allows a wide variety of builds, an exceptional soundtrack, pretty big world with quite a lot of activities and challenges and two bad endings that just don't allow the game to be a masterpiece.
Is obvious that developers were torn between two endings as everyone else disscussing them in public and they decided that instead of even a slight possibility that one might look better than the other they just made both unappealing once you see them (most likely each side added their negative aspects to opposing ending as compromise). Is also unfortunate that in E33 at the end it doesn't matter how much player gets involved in the game and try to care about the world and characters, do their quests and form strong friendships when this is one important aspect of the game. This is especially sad since the game tries to make it look as main characters grow in the game, open up and get a different perspective.
(edit) This game needs to played two times to get invested fully in the story as many hints and spoilers are not obvious especially in many cutcenes. Also regarding my criticism of the endings after replaying I concluded that there is only one good ending and is the "bad" one.
This game is among my top 5 favorite games of all time. The story, combat, soundtrack and characters are all phenomenal. Now, we can own this masterpiece DRM-free. Thank you, Sandfall and GOG!
The game is really fun and i love the steampunk aesthetics and the art design not to mention an original story; while the performance is not the best, the game is performs decent on a 3070 mobile at 60fps.
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