To nobody's surprise, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards. But it also won Best RPG — and it shouldn't have, against Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

That game is of course Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has been crowned today as the biggest third-party Xbox Game Pass launch of 2025. In a post over on Xbox Wire, it's mentioned that this is based on "the number of unique users in the first 30 days of its availability". Here's a bit more about the accomplishment:

Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive has won the hearts of players, becoming this year's biggest third-party launch on Xbox Game Pass.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director Guillaume Broche says Xbox Game Pass "lowered that barrier of entry" for his beloved turn-based RPG, which sits in a genre that "might put people who prefer more real-time action games off."

Xbox announced Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the biggest new third-party game launch on Xbox Game Pass for 2025.