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/IX_Equilibrium Apr 27 '25

Im getting cancer from people not knowing what a JRPG is.. A game is not a JRPG just because its made in Japan. Sea of Stars is Canadian and is a JRPG while Dark Souls isn’t a JRPG just because its made in Japan.

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u/NoSoup4you22 Apr 27 '25

Apparently JRPG isn't about mechanics, just about how much bad anime dialogue there is.

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u/IX_Equilibrium Apr 27 '25

Its about how shy is the main character toward his love interest

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u/Biggy_DX Apr 27 '25

It's about the main heroine being circled by her friends as an act of assurance, while clenching her fist to her heart and giving a self-assured nod that she'll make it through with the power of FRIENDSHIP.

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u/Lazydusto Apr 27 '25

It's also about the main heroine getting walked in on by the main hero in embarrassing fashion!

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u/NoSoup4you22 Apr 27 '25

Just noticed your username. Good choice, my friend.

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u/IX_Equilibrium Apr 27 '25

First more extreme metal album Ive listened to like 20 years ago and then gone to the BM/DM rabbit hole from there ahaha

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u/Setsuna_417 Apr 28 '25

I understand you're being sarcastic, but the anime-type story telling is deeply entrenched with JRPGs, so an absence of that leading to a game not being called a JRPG is ultimately fair. It's not just the mechanics that make the genre.

The souks games are not called JRPGs for the same reason, as Miyazaki makes it a point to only have western high fantasy in it.