Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is celebrating the first anniversary of its release with a free update that adds new cosmetic options for the game’s full party.

There’s word of a new sales milestone for the beloved RPG, too — which has now shifted 8 million copies worldwide — and the suggestion that many, many more players have experienced the adventure via Xbox Game Pass. Expedition 33 was the most downloaded new third-party release on Xbox Game Pass in 2025, developer Sandfall Interactive has said.

As for what’s new today, fresh haircuts for Gustave, Verso, Maelle, Lune, Sciel and Monoco are now available to claim in-game and equip, giving the gang a fashionable look that’s fit for a first anniversary shindig. Indeed, Sandfall Interactive revealed today’s update with fresh artwork of the game’s cast, sporting their new styles. Maybe this is the game’s true, happy ending, after all — something the game’s creators previously said they never considered.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update adds new cosmetic options for the game’s full party.

Apart from the new haircuts, a handful of bug fixes have also been added today — though nothing particularly major. Following success at pretty much every major video game award show (most recently including scooping up Best Game at the BAFTA Awards), Sandfall Interactive is now busy planning its next project. Details of that currently remain under wraps, though the suggestion is that it will be another adventure set in the same Clair Obscur universe.

“Wearing its inspirations on its sleeve, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paints itself into the pantheon of great RPGs with a brilliant combat system and a gripping, harrowing story,” IGN wrote in our Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review, dubbing it a “modern RPG classic.”

Today’s full patch notes lie below.

The Best Game of 2025<b>IGN Awards: The Best Game of 2025</b><br><br> Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and 2025 provided a fantastic array of different video games. We’ve survived and extracted from the robot-ruled battlefields of Arc Raiders, adventured across the medieval lands of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and established mind-expanding exhibitions in Two Point Museum. We helped Keeper’s sentient lighthouse solve puzzles, and unearthed the secrets buried in Atomfall’s eerie England. But which of the year’s many different video games is worthy of being crowned the very best of 2025? <br><br> Every December, the IGN team considers all the games they’ve collectively played and reviewed across the year, and votes on which one they think is the greatest of them all. Which one is the “Game of the Year”? Sometimes that choice is incredibly difficult. Other years, it’s easy. 2025 was the latter, with our winner securing almost three-quarters of the vote. But what is that near-universally admired game? That’s what we’re here to reveal.    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update 1.5.5 patch notes:New contentAdded 1st Anniversary haircuts for the expedition!Gustave’s Anniversary haircut is available at the Gestral Merchant near Stone Wave Cliffs.Verso + Maelle + Lune + Sciel + Monoco’s Anniversary haircuts are available at the Gestral Merchant near Grosse Tête on the World Map.FixesFixed an issue where Danseuse outfit for Lune and Sciel made the character menu too obscur.Fixed an issue where it was not possible to open a rest point in various locations when an in-world dialogue was playing.Fixed collision issues in various locations.Adjusted some achievement text for consistency.We’ve noticed something went wrong after adjusting this, we’re investigating now to resolve the issueFixed the issue! We’ve readjusted some of the achievement descriptions back to the correct achievements. Thank you for your patience!!

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