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/No_Sympathy_3970 Apr 27 '25

JRPG is really just a poorly named genre, not all RPGs from Japan are JRPGs and a non Japanese game can be a JRPG

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u/VannesGreave Apr 27 '25

It’s like eastern vs western hip hop. Started as a term for regions, evolved into actual genre differences.

Clair Obscur definitely draws almost entirely from the JRPG genre, not western CRPGs.

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u/Educational-Art-8515 Apr 27 '25

It's also full of anime tropes. People also keep calling the art style of the game as novel, but it's literally just reflecting the same artistic style as the high budget anime shows these days.