Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, from former Ubisoft employees, bypassed Assassin ' S Creed Shadows on Staam Peak online

The debut project of a small French studio Sandfall Interactive, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, became a real hit. In the first day, the game diverged with a circulation of 500 thousand copies, and its online records continues to put it on Steam. The peak value has already exceeded 71 thousand players at the same time, which allowed the expedition 33 to bypass even the high -budget Assassin’s Creed Shadows (64,825 players).

The situation emphasizes the fact that Sandfall consists mainly of former UBISOF employees. On Twitter, the studio thanked the players for the support: “I have no words. Thank you". Representative of the publisher Kepler Interactive, Francois Meriss, also expressed a pleasant surprise from such a project success.

on the Opencritic Expections 33 received high grades and was ahead of Split Fiction and Kingdom Come: Delivence 2, yielding only to Blue Prince. The game confidently holds in third place in Steam sales and has more than 7,000 reviews with 93 % of positive assessments. Given the current pace, the Expections 33 may well be dispersed by a circulation of several million copies.

The project has become one of the most impressive debuts of the year, especially considering that a team of only 30 people was engaged in its development.