Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star worries the industry will learn the wrong lessons from the J'RPG's success: "Capitalism is unwilling to ask the why because they’re interested in the how"

A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, showing a man named Verso covered in dirt and blood, looking into the camera.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr worries that the video game industry will learn the wrong lessons from J'RPG's success.

Sandfall Interactive itself was comprised of around 33 employees during the development of Clair Obscur, but elements of the game were outsourced to other studios, with over 100 people working on the game, but many focused on the core Sandfall employees, with the narrative pushed of "only 30 people worked on the best game of 2025" across social media around the game's launch.