Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was one of 2025’s biggest and best games, and players fell in love with it. For fans of the game’s art style, a book collecting it all will soon hit North America for your viewing pleasure.
Publishers UDON and Pix’n Love have teamed up for a new version of the game’s art book. It’s been adapted into English after previously being just in French, and will come in standard and collector’s editions. Both feature concept art, design notes, and developer insights from Sandfall, but the $100 collector’s edition has some extra add-ons. These goodies include a golden cardboard slipcase in the colors of Alicia’s mask, prints of the game’s cast on textured paper, and a cardboard portfolio with exclusive art.
“This exclusive large-format hardcover volume gathers, across more than 300 pages, hundreds of previously unseen documents and illustrations used in the creation of one of the most fascinating games of recent years,” reads the description. “This making-of artbook takes readers on a journey through an extraordinary human and creative adventure.”
Compared to its combat and narrative, the art of Expedition 33 doesn’t get quite as much attention, but it’s a stunner regardless. It’s also apparently too good to be true: in February, Polygon reported on an incident where one player had small art book included in the game’s collector’s edition held by Iraqi customs because the pages had “drawings of monetary value.” The player, Reddit user Ahmed15252, laughed it off at the time, calling it a “10/10 experience, will definitely accidentally import history again.”
Both versions of the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 art book will release on November 25. Pre-orders go live this Monday, March 23 on the UDON, IGN, and Pix’n Love stores.
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