Games Like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

8 games listed • Updated 8/19/2026

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 did something the turn-based role-playing genre had stopped attempting. It kept the menu-driven combat but attached live timing to it, so defending well is a skill rather than a stat check, and it wrapped the whole thing in a story about mortality that never once winks at the audience. That combination is why recommending similar games is harder than it looks. Suggest a pure classic and you lose the reactive combat. Suggest an action game and you lose the deliberate, considered pace that made the fights land. The list below splits the difference deliberately. Some entries match the tactical depth, some match the tone and writing quality, and a couple match the specific pleasure of a battle system that keeps asking you to pay attention. Read the notes before you pick, because the closest match depends entirely on which half of Expedition 33 you fell for.