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The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

Nihon Falcom · NIS America, Inc. · 2026-01-15

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: The Legend of Heroes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jan 15, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 15, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

The future of an entire continent is at stake in this milestone entry in the Trails series! Explore the vast Calvard Republic with three different protagonists, nurture connections, and master powerful skills in both real-time and turn-based battles as you uncover the secrets at the core of Zemuria!

93%
positive of 740 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
86/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
100/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
85h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 155h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is the thirteenth installment of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes franchise, and is a sequel to Trails Through Daybreak II (2022).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 12,170 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 740 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $44.99 at Steam (2026-08-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 1 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020262026Week of 2026-01-15: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

3191442026-06-06 — 187 pageviews2026-06-09 — 187 pageviews2026-06-12 — 194 pageviews2026-06-15 — 204 pageviews2026-06-18 — 173 pageviews2026-06-21 — 190 pageviews2026-06-24 — 179 pageviews2026-06-27 — 197 pageviews2026-06-30 — 208 pageviews2026-07-03 — 202 pageviews2026-07-06 — 207 pageviews2026-07-09 — 192 pageviews2026-07-12 — 174 pageviews2026-07-15 — 164 pageviews2026-07-18 — 169 pageviews2026-07-21 — 155 pageviews2026-07-24 — 153 pageviews2026-07-27 — 249 pageviews2026-07-30 — 157 pageviews2026-08-02 — 271 pageviews2026-08-05 — 204 pageviews2026-08-08 — 231 pageviews2026-08-11 — 190 pageviews2026-08-14 — 199 pageviews2026-08-17 — 174 pageviews2026-08-20 — 271 pageviews2026-08-23 — 319 pageviews2026-08-26 — 180 pageviews2026-08-29 — 188 pageviews2026-09-01 — 223 pageviews2026-09-03 — 222 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "Venturing into VAR"
50%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support16 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)79631%53
Steam (Steam)52315%53
PS4 (PlayStation)9543%53
Switch 2 (Nintendo)360%0
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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