Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
What Clair Obscur is
Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
What people say
Within complaints about gameplay and design in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, reflex and timing demands in a turn-based fight and boring, repetitive combat lead the reasons people give.
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Reviewers who value story, world and characters praise it, 33% of written reviews, and gameplay is fun draws praise at 14%. Skip it if difficulty bothers you: 4% of written reviews raise it.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Difficulty4%
“WHY JUST WHY must nearly every game have effing soulslike mechanics?”
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing solo118 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain48%Praise100%
- Collecting and completing35 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain23%Praise98%
- Playing with friends8 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain13%Praise100%
Steam reviews over its whole life
282,248 reviews in every language, counted per week by Steam itself.
What Clair Obscur reviewers say
One public report on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reads 2,727 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Of its 2,727 judged reviewers, 23% complain, 90% praise something, 2% make a request and 1% say they're quitting. The top complaint is gameplay and design at 44% of complaints, then difficulty (14%) and bugs and crashes (9%). Top praise: story, world and characters, at 35% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (41%) and more content (21%). Two audience differences stand out. Under 2 hours: say they're quitting 7.7x as often as everyone (9% vs 1%). New user: say they're quitting 3.9x as often as everyone (5% vs 1%).
One public report on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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