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/extralie Apr 27 '25

not all RPGs from Japan are JRPGs and a non Japanese game can be a JRPG

Well yeah, and not all Metroidvania are Metroid or Castlevania games. A lot of genres are badly named if you take their name literally.

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u/MetalFingers760 Apr 27 '25

Yep. Not all soulsborne games are Dark Souls or Bloodborne. If it worked this way we would have to update the genre name every time a game comes out. Oh that's dated now we call it Soulsborne Ring. Oh that's dated now we call it Soulsborne Ring of Khazan games.

This is a JRPG made by a European studio. Period.