There are a lot of games on Steam—over 107,000 in fact—so it's becoming increasingly challenging for them to find the spotlight on the Valve-owned platform. Many of those that do reach the masses aren't those that are developed by a team of 33 people, much like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was. Sure, there are some breakout hits, like this year's Schedule 1, but you'll often find smaller developers bemoaning how hard it is.
"You've been listening for too long now! It made things more exciting at first."
Despite the hype it has received, it would have been easy for Clair Obscur to become another casualty of Steam's brutal algorithms, especially given the fact that it launched during the same week as the surprise-not-actually-a-surprise The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster. But, in fact, it's done quite the opposite, breaking through the 100,000 concurrent player mark on the platform, something which many other RPG behemoths have never managed to achieve.
On Sunday, April 27, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was being played by 121,422 players at the same time, according to SteamDB. This is the 137th-highest peak ever achieved on Steam.
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