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/DHTGK Apr 27 '25

Really? It had a really amazing reveal trailer last year. The other trailers haven't gotten crazy press, but that one blew the game up.

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u/shadowwingnut Apr 27 '25

A lot of that is that JRPG fans completely avoid Microsoft and a lot of its reveal trailers and I depth trailers were featured on Microsoft presentations because of Game pass.

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u/ThrowawayBlank2023 May 01 '25

I'm a diehard JRPG fan and the moment I saw the first reveal trailer wherever that was I knew I NEEDED this game regardless of it being well-received or not. The fact that it came out with incredible reviews was just the cherry on top, but yeah this game really appealed to me from the get go. And I am someone who plays "anime style" games 99% of the time, be it JRPGs or VNs haha