Summary
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has seemingly come out of nowhere to be one of 2025s best games. The gameshattered expectations by selling half a million copies in one day— a number that has since ballooned to one million just three days after launch.
It’s drawing praise left and right from fans and critics alike, includingTheGamer’s Ryan Thompson-Bamsey, who awarded it a full five stars in their review. That historic run isn’t just ending there, either, as it appears the game is in line for a rare Metacritic feat.
Can Any Game (Even GTA 6) Unseat Expedition 33?
As first shared by Forbes' Paul Tassi, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could find itself owning the highest-rated user-scored game on Metacritic … of all-time.
Currently,the game has a 9.7 user score on Metacritic based on over 2,500 reviews, giving it the “Universal Acclaim” badge. That, plus its 92 critical score, also gives it the “Must-Play” badge.
It sounds crazy, but it’s almost assuredly true. For instance,The Witcher 3’s iconic Blood and Wine DLC is at a 93 user score, whilesomething as timeless as the original Final Fantasy VII is at an 8.9. Evena recent critical and fan darling like Baldur’s Gate 3 is just at 92.
Adding more to its legitimacy is a Twitter user who managed to check the Top 300 games on Metacritic, and, you guessed it, Expedition 33 is the highest rated of all of them. What’s more, as more reviews float in, it could potentially go up.
Should its score hold and no fans attempt to review brigade another title, like what happens in the anime community, then Expedition 33 can add another feather to its virtual cap. Now it begs wondering: What game, if any, could ever unseat it?
