Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was one of 2025’s biggest breakout hits, and the game’s commercial success has afforded developer Sandfall Interactive the opportunity to scale up for its next project. However, the company is not going to do that–and for what sounds like a good reason.
Speaking to Edge, studio boss Guillaume Broche said he does not feel tempted to grow the company in the wake of the success of Expedition 33, which was the studio’s debut title. Why not? He said (via GI.biz), “I think it’s good to have limitations when you are creative.”
“It’s the best way to be the best version of yourself. We could scale up now we have a lot more money, but I would say it’s not tempting for us, because even the management team and myself, we’d have to be hands-on and doing things for ourselves,” he said. “We love making games more than we love managing, so we want to keep doing that. These past five years were some of the best of my life, and I want to be happy like that again.”
