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/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/tallwhiteninja Apr 27 '25

Japanese-style Role Playing Game. Fixed it.

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u/acart005 Apr 27 '25

Its a more accurate descriptor.  I haven't played Clair but lets use... Chained Echoes.  Made by a dude in Germany.  Inspired by Xenogears and Chrono Trigger and very much what I'd think of as a JRPG.  Not made in Japan.

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u/A-Centrifugal-Force Apr 27 '25

Child of Light is another one. Made by Ubisoft in the West. Feels much more like a JRPG than a Western RPG