r/JRPG • u/Marinebiologist_0 • Apr 27 '25

News Clair Obscur has achieved the highest concurrent player rate ever for a JRPG on Steam.

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Incredible numbers, this doesn't even include the Xbox Gamepass player count. The last time I remember a JRPG getting this level of attention was Persona 5 and NieR Automata in 2017. It'll be interesting to see how massive Persona 6 will be, if it launches day 1 on all major platforms.

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u/CapCapital Apr 27 '25

OP fixing to get blasted for calling this game a JRPG

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u/Marinebiologist_0 Apr 27 '25

It's a JRPG.

Elden Ring was made in Japan, but it's not a JRPG. Clair Obscure wasn't made in Japan, but it's a JRPG. You don't have to be from a certain part of the world to make a certain kind of game.

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u/Ramiren Apr 27 '25

You're right, the J refers to where the subgenre originated, not where the game was made.

In the same way Swiss cheese can be made outside of Switzerland a JRPG can be made outside of Japan.

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u/TrickyAudin Apr 28 '25

Actually, only cheese from Switzerland can be Swiss, if it's made anywhere else it's Holey cheese

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u/moffattron9000 Apr 28 '25

Food and drinks get into a weird zone thanks to global geopolitics. Japanese Whisky is made the same way Scotch is made and in a similar climate but is not called Scotch because the British Government has signed a whole bunch of treaties to require Scotch to come from Scotland.

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u/CO_Fimbulvetr Apr 28 '25

No no, it's a Sparkling RPG.