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/Thrasy3 Apr 28 '25

Sort of ironic that when some Japanese devs realised there was the idea of “JRPGs” they were a little offended - like they thought they just making RPGs like everyone else.