Forget the Painters and Writers, I Want a Clair Obscur Game About the Weirdest Expedition of All

One of my highlights of 2025 was attending the DragonCon group photoshoots. Even if I wasn’t in corresponding cosplay, the scheduled group sessions were incredible—a great place to meet people with common interests, the best spot to snag pictures of incredible cosplays, and a huddle spot that embodied what makes geek conventions so cool. The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 group photoshoot was scheduled for the con’s bustling Saturday, and soon the Hilton Steps were flooded with baguettes, teashades, and sporadic crowds yelling, “For those who come after!”

Maelles, Versos, and Esquies scurried up and down the stairs once they were called to hurriedly pose and show off impressive artistry in all its glory. Professional cameras flashed, and people cheered for the magic that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had bestowed upon the afternoon’s energy. But the crowd absolutely lost their collective mind when an unexpected treat was called out on the megaphone. “Expedition 60, come on up!”

Soon, the scantily clad cosplayers stormed the steps. They were oiled up, flexing, and unmistakably committed to the bit. No props. No weapons. No ornate costumes painstakingly stitched together over months. Just muscles, Speedos, confidence, and the quiet implication that if the Paintress were present, she would be folded like laundry. The crowd erupted, phones shot into the air, and people who hadn’t played Clair Obscur a day in their lives suddenly understood the joke. This was Expedition 60. And with my jaw on the floor, I knew a critical truth: this was worth canon elaboration.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Expedition 60 is a Gold Mine of Content

In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Expedition 60 sounds like a legend bordering on farce. They are a group so wildly unorthodox that even the local history itself seems embarrassed by them. While other expeditions relied on weapons, armor, tactics, or Clair Obscur‘s best Pictos, Expedition 60 simply decided to become the weapons themselves. With no uniforms and no gear, their brutal physical conditioning and an almost offensive amount of confidence fueled their journey to prevent the Gommage. They were mocked relentlessly in Lumiere when they pitched the idea, and then they nearly succeeded where everyone else failed.

What Makes Expedition 60 An Incredible Group

The sheer fact that Expedition 60 went so far makes it a monumental expedition worth exploring because, memes aside, these weren’t reckless idiots. They were disciplined, focused, and terrifyingly effective. Their failure wasn’t due to weakness or ignorance, but interference. Renoir stopped them at the finish line. These are some of their accomplishments, written down and easily demonstrated in a video game or even a Clair Obscur DLC:

• They carved a path through Nevrons using speed and raw strength alone.
• They stopped at a Gestral Beach wall-climbing challenge, completed it, and declined the reward only because it involved clothing.
• They pierced the Monolith’s barrier, which is something no expedition before or since had accomplished.
• They reached the Monolith’s innermost depths and uncovered the truth about the Paintress and the true source of the Gommage. It was knowledge so dangerous that it had never been uncovered before or since, until Expedition 33 arrived nearly three decades later.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Expedition 60 Deserves Its Own Game

Even then, they tried to save everyone. One member by the name of William was sent back to Lumiere to warn the city, carrying the truth in his journal. He never made it. The Gommage struck just before he could return home, killing him and sending his journal to the bottom of the sea. History forgot them not because they were wrong, but because the truth never reached shore, which is precisely why Expedition 60 deserves its own game.

The Serious Reason It Deserves Its Own Game

Clair Obscur is an evolving IP that is already obsessed with art, philosophy, memory, and grief. A game centered on Expedition 60 wouldn’t sharpen that tone. There’s something deeply compelling about a group dismissed as ridiculous, even obscene, who nonetheless get closer to the truth than anyone else simply because they refused to play by the rules. Strip away the weapons, the symbolism, the aesthetics, and what’s left is flesh, endurance, and belief.

It would be funny, yes, but it would also be tragic. Their story is about how they pushed their bodies to their limits, about strength mistaken for stupidity, about heroes whose legacy survives only as a punchline shouted on a megaphone at a convention. Watching those cosplayers flex on the Hilton Steps, it was impossible not to feel it: the affection the fandom has for Expedition 60. It’s alarmingly clear that the fandom wants to see more. Of course, there’s concern about how to get around the nudity, yet if any studio can find a way, it’s Sandfall Interactive.

Forget the painters. Forget the writers. I want Sandfall Interactive’s next game to be one where the world’s deepest truths are uncovered by a group of half-naked, wildly jacked weirdos who were right all along—and never lived long enough to be believed.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Released

April 24, 2025

ESRB

Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

Developer(s)

Sandfall Interactive

Publisher(s)

Kepler Interactive