Sandfall Interactive

Sandfall Interactive is an independent French video game developer founded in 2020 and based in Montpellier, with a cinematic team in Paris. It creates narrative-driven, single-player experiences for PC and consoles, combining turn-based role-playing systems with reactive combat and cinematic presentation.

The studio was established by Guillaume Broche, Tom Guillermin and François Meurisse. Broche and Guillermin brought experience from Ubisoft, while the company's first project grew from Broche's personal role-playing game concept. Initially registered in Le Vésinet, Sandfall moved its operational headquarters to Montpellier in 2021 as development expanded.

Games and creative approach

Its debut game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, launched on April 24, 2025 for Windows PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Published by Kepler Interactive, it places a turn-based RPG within a dark fantasy world inspired by French Belle Époque art and culture. Players combine tactical decisions with real-time dodging, parrying, counter-attacks and free aiming, making active reactions part of the combat system.

The project began under the working title We Lost and was subsequently known as Project W. These names describe the development history of the debut game rather than separate released titles. The production brings together character and environment art, narrative design, cinematic animation, sound and original music to support its setting and storytelling.

Development capabilities

Sandfall's development work spans game design, programming, systems engineering, 3D art, real-time visual effects and cinematic direction. Its production uses Unreal Engine 5, with technical and artistic work supporting detailed environments, expressive characters and narrative sequences. The studio's focus is on PC and current-generation console development.

Sandfall is also a co-founding studio-partner and shareholder in the Kepler Interactive publishing collective. That partnership supports distribution, co-financing and marketing while allowing the developer to retain intellectual property ownership and creative independence.