Summary
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has revealed the amount of time it will take for players to reach the credits and to finish all of its side content, with the title’s main story around 30 hours in length. APersona-style turn-based RPG,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33is part of a very busy April for Xbox, as it shares its release month with Compulsion Games' southern gothic action adventure gameSouth of Midnight,also launching day one on Game Pass. Additionally, Xbox is bringing two of its best first-party games of the generation,Indiana Jones and the Great CircleandForza Horizon 5, to PlayStation on April 16 and 29, respectively.
Clair Obscur: Expedition33is one of the more unique 2025 gamesin premise alone. A new IP from an all-new French development studio, Sandfall Interactive,Expedition 33takes players on an odyssey through its Belle Époque world with the goal of stopping the Paintress, a godlike entity who, every year, Thanos-snaps everybody in the world of a certain age with the stroke of her brush.Expedition 33is heavily inspired by the turn-based combat of JRPG franchises such as Atlus’PersonaandShin Megami Tensei. However, Sandfall is looking to makeExpedition 33’s combat more enticing to action game fans by giving players the ability to actively dodge and parry during combat.
A hallmarkcharacteristic of many JRPGsare that they’re incredibly lengthy, and fans now have an idea of how longClair Obscur: Expedition 33will take to beat in comparison.PureXboxpointed out thatExpedition 33’s main story will take players, on average, around 30 hours to beat. Those who want to complete everything there is to do inExpedition 33will see that number double to 60 hours.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Main Story Will Take Around 30 Hours
For a game so clearly influenced by titles like thePersonaseries andAtlus' most recent masterpieceMetaphor: ReFantazio, 30 hours seems quite short forExpedition 33, considering many JRPGs can easily have players crossing the 100-hour mark. For comparison, both main stories ofMetaphorandPersona 3 Reloadtake players around 65 hours to reach the credits, and 100-105 hours for completionists.Persona 5takes players a whopping 100 hours just for its main story alone. Still, it’s important to keep in mind thatExpedition 33’s 30 hours is just for its story, so players who like to dabble in some of the game’s side activities at their own pace are most definitely in for a longer ride, just not as long a ride as a Sega Atlus experience.
