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/Novel-Editor4017 Apr 27 '25

Didn't the developers behind this game cite the Persona and Final Fantasy series as their primary inspirations?

It talks like a duck, it walks like a duck, It's a JRPG.

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u/Crafty_Cellist_4836 Apr 27 '25

And the game is full of references to final fantasy and other classic rpgs. One line of dialogue even says "they're trading double dryad cards", a nod to triple triad from ff8.

I can't praise this game enough. I can only imagine the numbers it would have if it wasn't for oblivion. This is a true GOTY contender