ActionRPG
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 45% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 281,056
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 35h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 45% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Back to Lumière” (Return to Lumière) and “The End”: from 54% to 45% of starters.
- 88% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 282,023 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 49.9h for positive, 18.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (88% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Lumière Embark on the Expedition. 100%
- Spring Meadows Find your way through Spring Meadows. 92% −8
- Flying Waters Find your way through Flying Waters. 84% −8
- Ancient Sanctuary Find your way through Ancient Sanctuary. 80% −4
- Gestral Village Find your way through the Gestral Village. 78% −2
- Esquie's Nest Find your way through Esquie's Nest. 76% −1
- Stone Wave Cliffs Find your way through Stone Wave Cliffs. 71% −5
- Forgotten Battlefield Find your way through Forgotten Battlefield. 67% −4
- Monoco's Station Find your way through Monoco's Station. 66% −1
- Old Lumière Find your way through Old Lumière. 63% −2
- First Axon Defeat the first Axon. 60% −3
- Second Axon Defeat the second Axon. 59% −2
- Monolith Reach the Monolith. 58% −1
- Paintress Defeat the Paintress. 55% −3
- Back to Lumière Return to Lumière. 54%
- The End Reach the end. Most players quit here 45% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Lumière Embark on the Expedition. 100%
- Time to Spill Some Ink Break an enemy. 96%
- Overcharge With Gustave, use a fully charged Overcharge that Breaks an enemy. 92%
- Spring Meadows Find your way through Spring Meadows. 92%
- Paint Cage Break a Paint Cage. 87%
- Flying Waters Find your way through Flying Waters. 84%
- Weapon Upgrade Upgrade a weapon once. 82%
- Lumina Consume a Lumina point. 81%
- Curious Witness an optional scene at camp. 81%
- Ancient Sanctuary Find your way through Ancient Sanctuary. 80%
- Gestral Village Find your way through the Gestral Village. 78%
- Esquie's Nest Find your way through Esquie's Nest. 76%
- Legend Unlock Esquie. 76%
- Stone Wave Cliffs Find your way through Stone Wave Cliffs. 71%
- Forgotten Battlefield Find your way through Forgotten Battlefield. 67%
- Expedition 33 Unlock all playable characters. 66%
- Monoco's Station Find your way through Monoco's Station. 66%
- Perfection With Verso, reach Rank S. 64%
- Old Lumière Find your way through Old Lumière. 63%
- Expeditioner Reach level 33. 62%
- First Axon Defeat the first Axon. 60%
- Second Axon Defeat the second Axon. 59%
- Professional Defeat a boss without taking any damage. 58%
- Monolith Reach the Monolith. 58%
- Perfect Flow With Lune, consume Stains 4 turns in a row. 58%
- Paintress Defeat the Paintress. 55%
- Back to Lumière Return to Lumière. 54%
- A Peculiar Encounter Defeat the Mime in Lumière. 51%
- Synergy With Maelle, use Percée on a Marked enemy while in Virtuose Stance. 50%
- The End Reach the end. 45%
- Maximisation With Sciel, consume 20 Foretell on a single target during Twilight. 40%
- Plane, Train, and Submarine Discover all of Esquie’s abilities. 39%
- Trailbreaker Reach level 66. 38%
- Sciel Reach relationship level 7 with Sciel. 38%
- Sprong Beat Sprong. 37%
- Esquie Reach relationship level 7 with Esquie. 36%
- Lune Reach relationship level 7 with Lune. 36%
- Maelle Reach relationship level 7 with Maelle. 35%
- Monoco Reach relationship level 7 with Monoco. 33%
- Chroma Proficiency Use a level 3 Gradient Attack. 32%
- Wheel Control With Monoco, cast an Upgraded Skill 4 turns in a row. 32%
- À On Beat the Serpenphare. 29%
- Weapon Mastery Fully upgrade a weapon. 29%
- Carreau Parfait Beat the Chromatic Pétank. 24%
- Clea Beat Clea. 24%
- Noir et Blanc Solve the Painting Workshop’s mystery. 22%
- “Endless” Reach the top of the Endless Tower. 22%
- Peace At Last Beat Simon. 18%
- Lost Gestrals Find all of the Lost Gestrals. 18%
- Gestral Games Win all of the Gestral games. 17%
- Feet Collection Acquire all of Monoco’s skills. 17%
- Aiding the Enemy Finish all of the Nevron quests. 15%
- Survivor Reach level 99. 15%
- Follow The Trail Find all of the journals from prior expeditions. 12%
- Connoisseur Find all 33 music records. 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.