Charlie Cox’s name and voiceover work are attached to one of the front-runners for 2025 game of the year, but that hasn’t stopped the Daredevil star from feeling like “a total fraud” whenever he receives congratulations for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s success.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the debut title from French studio Sandfall Interactive, and it has outperformed all expectations. It sold an appropriate 3.3 million copies in 33 days, which is a wonderful return for a game everyone thought was going to get crushed by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.
Cox, who plays party member Gustave, is among Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s star-studded cast, which also includes Jennifer English as Maelle, Ben Starr as Verso, and Andy Serkis as Renoir. But his actual work on the game only amounted to a single four-hour recording session, he admitted at 2025 Washington State Summer Con over the weekend.
As captured by the @charliefansite X / Twitter fansite in a post spotted by GamesRadar, Cox revealed that while he is delighted for Sandfall, he can’t take any credit for the game’s success.
“I don’t mean to minimize it in any way, and apparently the game is awesome,” he began. “I’m not a gamer, I have no idea, I haven’t played it. My agent asked me if I wanted to go and do a voiceover. I was in a studio for four hours, maybe. People keep saying how amazing it is and congratulations, and I feel like a total fraud. But I’m so thrilled for the company and that it did really well.”
Charlie Cox talks Clair Obscur Expedition 33! @expedition33
(Shy Charlie also makes an appearance🥹)#CharlieCox #Gustave #Expedition33 #ClairObscur #ClairObscurExpedition33 pic.twitter.com/GSdCvrvV0D
— charlie cox fansite (@charliefansite) June 22, 2025
Last week, Sandfall said it was “currently exploring a wide range of future improvements” to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. In a social media post, the developer said these improvements — “from accessibility features to new content and all sorts of bits and bobs we’re actively assessing” — will also include expanded localization options.
“While we don’t have specific timelines or confirmed languages to share just yet,” the team added, “we wanted to let you know that it’s very much on our radar. Wheee!”
Cox, meanwhile, is busy with Disney+ show Daredevil: Born Again, which will get a Season 2. He played Matt Murdock / Daredevil in seven Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, starting with Netflix’s Daredevil (2015–2018). The question is, will he appear in next year’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day? Given his cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, perhaps he will. After all, fellow Netflix Marvel alumnus Jon Bernthal, who plays Punisher, is down to star alongside Tom Holland in the film.
Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Disney.
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