In a nutshell

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is launching on April 24, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam, with Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia as the exclusive distributor in Southeast Asia.
• New characters include Monoco, a fully playable character who can transform into enemies, and Esquie, who helps explore the game’s overworld map.
• The game features turn-based gameplay, an expansive overworld map, and opportunities for character building, with rich environments and challenging optional battles.

Sandfall Interactive, Kepler Interactive, and Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia have announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is launching on April 24, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.

Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia is slated to be the exclusive distributor of the package edition of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in Southeast Asia.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 New Details and Features

Check out an overview of the new details revealed during the recently concluded Xbox Developer Direct:

The team revealed brand-new characters players will encounter during their adventure: the friendly, yet bloodthirsty, Monoco (voiced by Rich Keeble) and the larger-than-life Esquie (voiced by Maxence Cazorla). Monoco the Gestral joins the Expedition as a fully playable character, bringing his own unique playstyle to battles by transforming himself into the enemies the party encounters and using their abilities against them, while Esquie is an altogether more unusual character that players will befriend and use to discover the game’s explorable world. Throughout the game, players will unlock more abilities with Esquie, letting the Expedition climb aboard and traverse, swim, and soar across the game’s newly revealed overworld map. 

Reminiscent of classic RPGs that inspired Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s turn-based gameplay, the world map gives players freedom to explore various new locations and secrets on their path to destroy the Paintress. Outside of rich level-based environments like Ancient Sanctuary and the Gestral Village, the overworld has unique discoverable caves and bespoke locations hosting challenging optional battles and side quests, providing extensive opportunities for players to test their mettle and master the game’s deep and rewarding character building mechanics. Players will also be able to set up camp on the overworld, taking time to reinforce their character weapons and builds, listen to the game’s stunning original score via an in-game record player, and have conversations with their teammates to learn more about their stories and motivations on their path to destroy the Paintress. 

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is launching on April 24, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.