We’re halfway through 2025, which means it’s time to take stock of what the video game industry has given us so far and try to catch up with what we’ve missed over the summer. IfClair Obscur: Expedition 33orThe Altersare on that 2025 backlog with six months still to go, I come bearing some very good news.
Revealed via The Alters team on Twitter, 11 Bit Studios has announced it has formed an unexpected alliance with Clair developers Sandfall Interactive to create a bundle that will hopefully lead to more people playing both of their games.The bundle is available right nowand gets you both of the Game of the Year contenders for less.
You Really Should Play Both Of These Games
So Grab Them While They’re Bundled Together For Less
If you buy the bundle,you’ll get The Alters and Clair Obscur for less than $80 as opposed to the usual $85if you were to buy both of them separately. Not the biggest discount, but if you’ve been thinking about buying both of these games, it’s better than nothing. If you already own one of them and therefore think this bundle isn’t for you, hold on just a second.
Considering how big a splash Clair has made on the gaming scene, there’s a very real chance you already own a copy. Or you might have been swept up in the growing Alters hype and already started alterating Jans. Either or, if you already own one game or the other,this bundle can still get you the other game for less. Steam should recognize that you already own one game and apply a discount to the other before you buy it.
Yes, the bad news is this is a Steam-only thing. Both games are still available onXbox Game Pass, though, if that helps.
There’s no indication of how long this bundle will be available, so if you’ve been thinking about playing these games, I’d buy the bundle now before it’s too late. Particularly if you’re interested in playing all of 2025’s best games. Clair Obscur will almost certainly be a GOTY nominee come December, and The Alters will be right up there along with it.
That’s if the 11 Bit game manages to shake offthe AI accusations hiccup. Players discovered evidence that AI was used during the development process of The Alters, even though the studio didn’t disclose that information at launch. The studio has since issued a statement explaining how it got there, claiming it to be a misunderstanding.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” And tomorrow we depart on our final mission - Destroy the Paintress, so she can never paint death again.We are Expedition 33.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a ground-breaking turn-based RPG with unique real-time mechanics, making battles more immersive and addictive than ever. Explore a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque France in which you battle devastating enemies.
