Expedition 33’s Music Could Hide Secret To Cut Content Or DLC

Summary

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may have a potential third ending hinted by music tracks on the game’s soundtrack.
The tracks correspond to the endings: “A Life to Paint”, “A Life to Love”, and potentially “A Life to Dream”.
The length and titles of the tracks strongly suggest the possibility of future downloadable content for the game or a cut ending.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s 25-40 hour runtime simultaneously felt like the perfect length for an RPG and nowhere near enough. After completing the game, I was personally yearning for more time in Lumière and its various dangerous locales.

maelle and gustave overlooking the monolith in clair obscur expedition 33.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Not Only Flying On Steam As The Game Sets A New Record On PlayStation

The accolades keep coming.

Now, one eagle-eyed player has found compelling evidence to suggest that the game could have, in fact, given us a longer runtime than it already is, or will be getting additional content to bolster its length in the future.

This article contains major spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Act 3 and the game’s ending. Bookmark this page and come back to it later if you don’t want things spoiled.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Music Track Could Hint Towards More Content

a closeup of Verso with his face covered in dirt and blood in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

If you’ve read this far ahead, I’ll presume you know that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has two endings, depending on your choice in the game’s final, pivotal decision. If you side with Maelle, you’ll get the “bad” A Life to Paint ending in which the character opts to stay in the canvas with her new friends, saving their lives, and beginning the transformation into everything she sought to destroy.

If, instead, you opt to side with Verso, you’ll get the “good” A Life to Love ending, in which Maelle will allow this version of Verso to die, leaving the canvas to finally grieve with her family.

Both of these endings correspond to a music track in Clair Obscur’s OST. A Life to Paint is translated to Une vie à peindre, and A Life to Love is roughly translated to Une vie à t’aimer, both of which are songs on the game’s soundtrack.

Over on Reddit, one player, Zealousideal-Ad8340, has spotted that these two songs seemingly have a companion, a track named Une vie à rêver, meaning “A Life to Dream”. A third, “A Life to…” suggests the game could have either had a third ending, or that there will be an “A Life to Dream” ending in future DLC.

If you’re not convinced, thinking the names alone could be a coincidence, each song on Spotify is listed as being 11 minutes long. This heavily implies that all three were used, or will be used, for similar-length scenes.

Now, there is every chance this is a stretch, but everything just seems to line up a little too perfectly.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Released: April 24, 2025
ESRB: Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Developer(s): Sandfall Interactive
Publisher(s): Kepler Interactive
Engine: Unreal Engine 5