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Evening Standard
Entertainment
Vicky Jessop

Clair Obscur: how an indie game about loss became the biggest success story of 2025

Heading into the BAFTA Game Awards this Friday, there’s only one name on anybody’s lips. That would be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

The indie French game has been a mega hit for developer Sandfall Interactive, clinching it gongs at the Game Awards (where it won the coveted Game of the Year title), the Golden Joysticks and the Developers Choice Awards.

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