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/20_comer_20matar Apr 27 '25

That's because Clair Obscur follow the Japanese-Style of a rpg game and Elden Ring don't.

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u/Kyoken26 Apr 27 '25

what exactly is the japanese style of rpp that makes it so elden ring doesn't fall into it?

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u/CrossXFir3 May 01 '25

Oh come on. If you recommended Elden Ring to someone that claims to love JRPG's they're never going to listen to you again.

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u/Kyoken26 May 01 '25

That wasn't an answer though

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u/20_comer_20matar Apr 27 '25

It is a style of game desing that's similar to games like Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. Elden Ring is nothing like these games so it can't really be classified as one. But Nier automata is a JRPG, I don't really know why does this sub insists that it isn't one.

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u/Kyoken26 Apr 27 '25

what seperates elden ring from these other games? like, can't be the action based combat cause final fantasy and kingdom hearts both have that. Is it an open world? Cause like, dragon quest and kingdom hearts share almost nothing in common from a gaming stand point except that they are both rpgs.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

Story-driven would probably be a very big one, along with very action-oriented combat with minimal RPG trappings.

The definition probably isn't perfectly delineated though and is more of a 'know it when you see it' for most people.

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u/DaftNeal88 Apr 27 '25

By this logic dark souls isn’t a JRPG despite literally being made by a Japanese dev

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u/20_comer_20matar Apr 27 '25

It really isn't one, it looks nothing like other JRPG games.

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u/HamsteriX-2 Apr 28 '25

Clair Obscur neither looks like other jrpg games except for UI but even thats different how it usually looks.

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u/DaftNeal88 Apr 27 '25

But it literally is a Japanese rpg.

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u/SpacemanPanini Apr 27 '25

Yes, nobody calls Dark Souls a JRPG. The name has evolved beyond meaning "RPG from Japan".