Expeditioners!! 

Today marks 1 year since we released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This past year has been an incredible journey and so we have a few things to share with you today. 

To celebrate the occasion, the team put together a special piece of artwork that we hope you will enjoy! 

We're so thrilled, and honestly still quite overwhelmed, to announce that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has officially reached 8 million copies sold!

Thank you so so much to every single person who has played, created art, shared, streamed, discussed, and supported this game!!

We've pushed a fun little update live today: new haircuts are now available in-game, giving the expedition even more style to strut around in! 💅 

For the full list of changes, fixes, and improvements, you can read the patch notes here

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1903340/view/531003754000941842?l=english

Our community is packed with phenomenally talented artists and we wanted to celebrate that today.  

We commissioned some of our amazing community creators to design official Expedition 33 emotes for you to use in your own channels! 

A massive thank you to IrunoArt[x.com], comickergirl (Sarah Leuver)[x.com], and Bugyakis[x.com] for their brilliant work on each of these!!

They're FREE to download and use here[www.expedition33.com]

In the mood to add some baguette to your wardrobe? 

We’ve partnered with Orcival and Le Béret Français to bring you the official Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 striped shirt and beret for your cosplays! 🥖 
 
You can purchase the official Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 x Orcival mariniere here[www.orcival.com]

And the official Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 x Le Béret Français beret is available to buy here[www.leberetfrancais.com]

On top of that, keep an eye out for a limited number of units of the Monolith Set to be back in stock from our partners at Laced and Pix n' Love soon!! 

It's been a big day for us. Thank you for making it possible. 🎂 

And if you know someone who wants to pick up the game, we're running a 20% sale right now on Steam - As well as some fun merchandise goodies available on our merch page!

Merch Page[www.expedition33.com]

From the bottom of our hearts, we’re so thankful to each and every one of you – this has been the best year of our lives, thanks to you. 

- The Expedition 33 Team 

Expeditioners!

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

• 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.

• 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[sandfallinteractive.typeform.com] - 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!

~ The Expedition 33 Team 

Expeditioners!

Thank you for all of your reports - the details for the fixes in this patch are written out below:

• After a thorough internal investigation, the crash that occurred after defeating Sirene can no longer be reproduced on our end. If you keep getting this issue, we’d suggest updating your Windows to the latest version. If the issue persists, please submit a report and we’ll continue investigating.

• Fixed facial hair of characters being blurred in the Photo Mode on the close distance if Shading was set to Epic.

• Fixed an issue in Photo mode that prevented the Inner Cone Angle and Outer Cone Angle options from affecting the shape of the preview light source.

• Photo Mode's spotlight and point light display has been modified to improve their visibility

• Fixed an issue where loading a save while picking up a journal could cause that journal to disappear permanently and become impossible to collect again.

  • Missing journals are now also restored retroactively when loading affected saves.

• Fixed a soft lock that could occur, during the Chromatic Glissando encounter in Sirene’s Dress level, when a dead expeditioner equipped with Shortcut and Second Chance pictos was swallowed.

• Fixed an issue on Gestral Beach where using the Rematch option after losing the volleyball minigame could create a blocked save.

• Fixed a visual issue where characters affected by Inverted would not have the correct colour effect applied to their eyes.

• Fixed various environment issues (collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX) across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels.

• Fixed various lighting issues on Steam Deck in Verso’s Drafts, Endless Tower and Stone Wave Cliffs levels.

As always, thanks for your support and for your reports via the official Typeform[sandfallinteractive.typeform.com] - We'll continue monitoring the reports coming in and working on future fixes!

~ The Expedition 33 Team 

Introducing a special bundle featuring the award‑winning fantasy RPG “Metaphor: ReFantazio”, created by the team behind Persona 3-5, paired with “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” - now available at 10% off!

Enjoy both titles and experience the worlds for yourself!

The Metaphor: ReFantazio × Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Bundle includes two games: “Metaphor: ReFantazio” and “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.”

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/66136/

Message from Guillaume Broche & Katsura Hashino

"Metaphor: ReFantazio is a game that is really inspiring for us. It tells a beautiful story in a completely new world that is masterfully crafted. It deals with heavy themes but one that resonates strongly with me is the importance of imagination in all aspects of our lives. The cast is lovable and the turn-based battle system is one of the best I have played. The re-imagination of the traditional jobs system through Archetypes is fantastic and opens up so many playstyles that are fun to play around with. On top of that, the game has one of the most charismatic villains I've ever seen in an RPG. It is a great honor to be able to collaborate with Atlus on this bundle, as I have been a fan of their work since Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call (also known as Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne for some players)." - Guillaume Broche

"I am Katsura Hashino from ATLUS, serving as the Creative Director for “Metaphor: ReFantazio.” I am very pleased to hear that a Steam bundle will be released with “Expedition 33,” a title that has received high praise around the world.

“Expedition 33” is a work that conveys a deep understanding of and sincere dedication to the JRPG genre, crafted with great care down to the finest details. As someone who also creates RPGs, I found it to be truly inspiring.

I am genuinely delighted to see Japanese-style RPGs being born and embraced, not only from Japanese-based studios like ours, but other places around the world through diverse creative approaches.

While the two titles differ in their worlds and overall direction, players may find a shared spirit in how we each approach and express the RPG genre. I hope that this bundle encourages players to experience both titles and enjoy the breadth of what RPGs can offer." 

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/66136/

Expeditioners,

We're so pleased to see so many of you enjoying the new photo mode feature!!

We put a lot of time and care into building this feature and we’re so glad to see so many of you enjoying it! There were a lot of moving parts involved in getting the Photo Mode set up, so we thought we’d show a bit of the process in this blog and talk a bit about what went into building this feature.

There were a few key people involved in the development of this, and each of them had a part to write here !

VINCENT CONSTANTIN-TURKI – Producer \[Twitter: @Vincent_Aros]

One of the main features we wanted to introduce with the Thank You Update was Photo Mode. It felt like a meaningful way to give something back to the players and thank them for their commitment to the game.

What’s funny is that the team in charge of developing Photo Mode doesn’t usually use this feature in other games, which is why we decided to collaborate with Shinobi. He helped us design a Photo Mode that would truly resonate with players.

NAJA DALMAGNE – QA Coordinator \[Instagram: @naja_dlmgn]

In many games we tested, Photo Modes often felt restrictive, which could quickly become frustrating. So, from the very beginning, one of the key goals we all agreed on was to give players as much freedom as possible. It was really about letting players express their creativity without getting in the way.

During development, the QA team ran into some unexpected and sometimes quite funny issues. One of the funniest, but also one of the most severe, involved characters whose heads or torsos could become displaced or deformed when opening the Photo Mode if they hadn’t been visible on screen for a while during exploration.

One feature I’m particularly proud of is the lighting system Florian worked on. It offers great flexibility while remaining fairly easy to use, which really makes a difference when you're trying to get the perfect shot.

FLORIAN TORRES – Senior Gameplay Programmer \[Instagram /Twitter: @[i]torresflo[/i]] \[Bluesky: @torresflo.bsky.social]

I love giving players as many tools and features as possible (that’s literally the purpose of my job).

When we started working on the photo mode, our goal was to give players as few restrictions as possible and that’s what I was in charge of coding: infinite camera distance, the ability to pass through collisions, lots of customizable lights, many (weird) filters, and more.

Of course, that comes with its challenges, but in the end it allows players to see a lot of things we don’t want to show during normal gameplay. The photo mode became a way to peek behind the scenes of each cinematic or environment, and sometimes even see how we have created the entire game.

Ever wondered what happens outside the camera frame? Here’s an example (sorry cinematic team, I love you).

LUDOVIC ‘SHINOBI’ HELME – Photo Mode Consultant \[Twitter: @Shinobi_Space / Website: [/b][/p]

https://shinobispace.com]

We felt it was important to include anything that increases the “freedom” factor for players. It opens up countless possibilities every time someone enters photo mode: a very generous camera range to capture unseen details or create epic compositions, RGB curves control to edit and build your own color schemes, a strong custom lighting system to truly take ownership of a scene, and solid depth-of-field management.

But when all of that is also available in cutscenes - giving access to those incredible facial expressions and emotions - that’s when I really start to feel satisfied.

Every shot I’ve seen has blown my mind, and I often wish I’d been the one to come up with the idea. It’s truly inspiring.

I’m very proud that the team managed to create a tool that is both beginner-friendly and deeply satisfying for more experienced photographers. Finding that balance is extremely difficult.

With all of these features, there had to be a user-friendly way for people to make use of everything. Making sure players had full control of all the settings and could navigate all the features comes down to our awesome Gameplay & UI Programmer, VICTOR BOULEZ.

Thank you for all of your appreciation and feedback on this feature, we had a lot of fun making it and even more fun watching you use it!

This past week, especially, we’ve really loved the work you’ve all been putting into the social Photo Mode Prompt Challenge!! We’ve seen some amazing photography this past week, it’s completely blown our minds how creative you have been able to get with the prompts and tools.

Even though the challenge is over, feel free to keep sharing your work with us on social media, we thoroughly enjoy seeing some of your masterpieces!!

In the meantime, we are continuing to work on fixes for ongoing problems, keep an eye on the bug thread and socials to stay updated on the latest.

Finally, we leave you with some of our favourite uses of photo mode.

Expeditioners,

As we get closer to the holidays and towards the end of 2025, looking back on the year we cannot fathom everything that we've been gifted by you all.

Thank you all so so much for nominating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as a finalist in Steam's Game of the Year and Best Soundtrack awards!! We could not be more grateful for your ongoing support ❤️❤️

Please do take a look at all the other amazing nominees and finalists in this year's event - we have completely loved so many games this year and are so honoured to be among them!!

Thank you for making 2025 such a MAGICAL year for all of us. Wishing you all the happiest of holidays and a wonderful new year!!!

Tomorrow comes.

~ The Expedition 33 Team

Expeditioners, the 1.5.1 hotfix is now live!

Thanks to your reports, we have worked on a number of fixes listed below:

• Fixed Monoco’s weapon “Cannaro” being unobtainable from Chromatic Machinapieds

  • Players who already defeated the boss will automatically receive the weapon in their inventory, unless they started a NG+(+) after that

• Fixed Esquim not applying Mark to all enemies when a skill had 0 hits.

• Fixed a targeting issue caused by using a Recoat item followed by ‘Retry Battle’, which resulted in the player being unable to target the middle enemy or character.

• Fixed a soft-lock when attempting to load a save without hovering any slot while backup saves were displayed.

• Fixed upgrade of the weapons to level 34 when spamming Upgrade weapon and change character buttons

  • Level 34 weapons have been reverted back to level 33

• Fixed character being able to use other characters' weapon when quickly switching weapon tabs after changing weapon

• Nerfed the hardest boss in Verso’s Drafts (red lifebuoy) by moving it slightly to make a quest easier.

• Fixed various environment issues (collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX) across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels.

• Improved environmental ambiances and spatial audio for better immersion in Verso’s Drafts

• Enhanced audio mixes for select characters, combos, and finishers

• Multiple audio & music issues were resolved, including:

  • Missing music after defeating new Endless Tower bosses.

  • Missing subtitle line for Sciel in one of the new cinematics.

  • Missing Barbapapa status effect SFX when receiving a second stack.

  • Missing some SFX for Licorne enemy in Verso’s Drafts.

  • Missing SFX for Paint Cage explosions in Verso's Drafts.

  • Music and SFX not pausing when opening pause menu during cinematic sequence with slow motion enabled, resulting in audio desynchronization for the remainder of the cinematic sequence

Fixed various localization issues, including:

• Subtitles in Root Of All Evil cinematics disappearing too fast.

• Overlapping text in Pictos & Luminas lists.

• Autoplay dialogue options swapped when the title is set to LATAM Spanish.

• Incorrect text displayed during Flying Manor side quest when the title is set to Vietnamese.

• Verso’s skill Phantom Stars displaying HTML in combat when the title is set to Vietnamese.

We are aware of various issues encountered, particularly the one reported by some of you who are having difficulty launching the title on Windows 11.

One of these issues is caused by Windows Security reporting false positives when launching. This has been fixed as part of the v1.5.1 hotfix as of 17:00 CET.

The other issue causing this problem is related to the Windows Smart App Control feature. Turning it off to fix it is not recommended as this will remove the feature permanently from your system. We are investigating this issue and hope to resolve it as soon as possible so we suggest waiting for the next hotfix!

Until then, 

Tomorrow comes!

And as always thanks for your support and for your reports via the official Typeform!

~ The Expedition 33 Team 

Update 08/01

We've pushed a fix for the soft lock occurring when Braseleur hits the player with orbs during two consecutive enemy turns.

What an incredible night at The Game Awards!!

Congratulations to ALL of our fellow nominees and winners tonight - we're so happy to be part of an incredible evening! 

To celebrate this amazing year, and as a sincere ‘Thank You’ to the community, we are now rolling out the free major ‘Thank You’ Update, adding new content and a few fun surprises!

 
You can expect to find: 

• A new, playable environment, taking the characters to new adventures... 

• Brand new music tracks by award-winning composer, Lorien Testard. 

• Challenging boss battles for late-game players to overcome within the Endless Tower. 

• An official Photo Mode, allowing players to get creative and capture their favourite moments from the game’s story and battles. 

• New text and UI game localizations into Czech, Ukrainian, Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, bringing the total number of supported languages to 19. 

• New Quality of Life improvements, other new features, and additional improvements to the game’s performance across platforms, including on handheld PC systems.

Read the full patch notes here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1903340/view/491585297311596633

And of course, new music tracks by the wonderful Lorien Testard are available on digital streaming platforms now, so let your neighbours know they’ll have to listen through the walls.

https://lnk.to/exp33-versos-drafts

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4227900

Our gratitude for this community goes far beyond what we are able to express, but this update should hopefully serve as our way of saying thank you. 

This year has truly been incredible thanks to you. <3

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• Verso's Drafts, a new playable environment, taking the characters of Expedition 33 to a brand-new location with new enemy encounters and surprises to discover :)

  • Located on the World Map, next to Lumière - Accessible from Act III

  • Esquie’s Underwater ability is required!

• New text and UI game localizations into Czech, Ukrainian, Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, bringing the total number of supported languages to 19, with more to come!

• New costumes for each member of the Expedition, giving even more customization options for players throughout their adventure 

• New boss battles for late-game players to overcome in the Endless Tower - They are variations of iconic bosses from the main game, designed to be even more challenging

• Added new Luminas and Weapons

• Added the "Old Key" quest item to the final area of the game - Previously obtainable only during the Prologue, this addition gives players a second chance to collect all journals within a single playthrough

• Added Photo Mode with plenty of settings and options for players to get creative with while capturing your favourite moments from the game, accessible at any time from the pause menu! 

• Added Lumina Sets feature, allowing players to save up to 50 different lumina loadouts for adapting to plenty of different fighting tactics at any moment 

• Added Abandon Battle option in the pause menu which can now be opened in battle 

• Added HUD Scale setting, allowing players to adjust the size of in-game HUD elements from 80% to 120% 

• Added FSR 4 support, including AMD temporal upscaling for sharper visuals and Frame Generation for smoother gameplay on compatible GPUs 

• Added new filters for Pictos and Luminas and improved the UI 

• Added input remapping for controller

• The game is now certified on Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally! 

• Global improvement of text legibility

• Fixed multiple fog and lighting issues:  

  • Overly intense effects during the Flying Manor boss fight (which also impacted some cinematics) 

  • Overexposed areas in the Visages 

  • Overly dark areas in the Endless Tower

• Fixed FPS being capped at 30 on Steam Deck 

• VSync can now be properly disabled in the settings when playing on Steam Deck

• Graphic settings are now adjusted for Steam Deck users 

• Improved first-time setup flow:  

  • Controller input is now supported in installation wizards (no longer touchscreen-only)

• External controllers now switch seamlessly with the Steam Deck controls 

• Fixed an issue where using Battle Retry after a cinematic or automatic trigger could spawn the player out of the world if the last save was created in a different location 

• The playtime displayed on save files now accurately reflects total playtime, including time spent on Game Overs
  (Note: this fix does not retroactively update existing save files.) 

• Fixed inventory behaviour so that sort order now persists after closing the game menu 

• Fixed issue preventing Intel XeSS Frame Generation setting from being accessible on PC Game Pass 

• Fixed an issue where the usage of particular diacritic marks (e.g. ^, ~, ´, `) in Windows is blocked after launching the title

• Fixed Breaking Death always breaking all enemies when the character dies, it should only break the enemy that killed the character - As a result, it shouldn’t work when the character kills themself anymore

• Characters' turn order during a First Strike, triggered by attacking an enemy on the map, now correctly respects characters' Speed

• Fixed Boucharo giving +150% Critical chance instead of +50% Critical chance 

• Fixed some Luminas giving unintended hidden +10% damage:  

  • Sweet Kill  

  • Teamwork 

  • Dead Energy II 

  • First Strike and others 

We are still working on adding more fixes and additions to the list of languages to include even more! So stay tuned for those :)

In the meantime, we hope you have fun!!

~ The Expedition 33 Team